Publications by authors named "I Taronna"
Background: The objective of this work was to evaluate the utility and the effectiveness of the intraparenchymatous balloon tamponade for transfixing lesions of the liver. An analysis is made of the results of an experimental surgical technique during 12 months in patients with gunshot wounds producing hepatic transfixing lesions.
Methods: Twelve patients have been treated, all of masculine sex, with middle age of 22 years, in which the hepatic transfixing lesions have been treated with intraparenchymatous balloon tamponade built intraoperatively with Nelaton and a drain of great latex.