AI Article Synopsis
- Blunt traumatic injury to the inferior vena cava is rare in children and can lead to high mortality rates.
- A 5-year-old girl suffered severe injuries in a car accident, including transection of the inferior vena cava and renal vein, along with damage to her kidney and spine.
- After undergoing emergency surgery to manage her injuries, she recovered well and showed no long-term effects, maintaining normal kidney function 10 months later.
Article Abstract
Blunt traumatic disruption of the inferior vena cava is associated with high mortality and is rare in children. A seat-belted 5-year-old girl sustained, in a motor vehicle accident, pararenal caval transection, right renal vein transection, laceration of the right kidney, duodenal injury, and a second lumbar vertebral fracture. Damage-control surgery consisted of inferior vena caval and right renal vein ligation and temporary abdominal wall silo closure. She is alive and well 10 months after the accident, with no sequelae of caval ligation and with normal right renal function.
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