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Injuries of the Juxtahepatic Vena Cava

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This chapter focuses on the treatment of blunt injuries of the retrohepatic portion of the vena cava and of the extrahepatic segment of the hepatic veins which raises similar management problems. Among injuries of the intra-abdominal vena cava, the retrohepatic location raises the most difficult management challenges and is associated with the highest mortality rate [1–6]. Injuries of the retro hepatic vena cava occur in up to 15 % of blunt liver traumas.

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  1. Department of Digestive and Emergency Surgery, Universitary Hospital of Grenoble, Grenoble Alpes University, Grenoble, France

    Christian Létoublon, Laurence Lacaze & Mircea Chirica

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  1. Service de chirurgie hépato-biliaire, pancréatique et transplantation hépatique, Hôpital Henri-Mondor, Créteil, France

    Daniel Azoulay

  2. Service de chirurgie hépato-biliaire, pancréatique et transplantation hépatique, Hôpital Henri-Mondor, Créteil, France

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Létoublon, C., Lacaze, L., Chirica, M. (2017). Injuries of the Juxtahepatic Vena Cava. In: Azoulay, D., Lim, C., Salloum, C. (eds) Surgery of the Inferior Vena Cava. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-25565-1_10

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