The results of treatment of 15 patients with injuries to the inferior vena cava (IVC) are presented. Knife injuries were noted in 13 of them, gunshot injuries--in 1, closed traumas of the thorax and abdomen--in 1. In 6 patients, IVC was injured at its suprarenal part, in 1--at the level of confluence of the renal veins, in 8--at the infrarenal zone. Eight patients died. The peculiarities of therapeutical measures at each step of giving the aid are presented.
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