TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2011//
TI  - Acute aortic occlusion in a child secondary to lap-belt injury treated with thromboendarterectomy and primary repair
JO  - Journal of Vascular Surgery
A1  - West, Charles A.
A1  - Johnson, Lester W.
A1  - Doucet, Linda
A1  - Shah, Mitali
A1  - Khan, Imtiaz
A1  - Heldmann, Maureen
SP  - 515
EP  - 518
VL  - 54
IS  - 2
N2  - Abdominal aortic injury as a result of blunt trauma is a rare event and has been described in few children. A 6-year-old girl presented with acute bilateral lower extremity ischemia, and a triad of acute aortic occlusion, intra-abdominal visceral injury, and a lumbar chance fracture after sustaining a seat belt injury from a motor vehicle collision. An emergency aortic thromboendarterectomy and primary repair were performed. This represents one of the few reports of acute traumatic aortic thrombosis in a child and highlights the surgical treatment of acute abdominal aortic injury in a pediatric patient.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0741-5214
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jvs.2010.12.031
ID  - ref1
ER  -