Hepatic hematoma after blunt trauma--a case of nonoperative management to prevent liver abscess formation

In an eighteen-year-old boy with a high fever, an intra-hepatic infectious hematoma following blunt hepatic trauma was treated twice with intrahepatic arterial injection chemotherapy in an attempt to prevent conversion of the hematoma to an abscess. A decrease in body temperature occurred after the...

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Published in:Japanese journal of surgery 1984-07, Vol.14 (4), p.327-330
Main Authors: Nakakuma, K, Ogata, K, Ootsuka, K, Hiraoka, T, Tashiro, S
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Cefmetazole
Cefoperazone - therapeutic use
Cefotaxime - analogs & derivatives
Cefotaxime - therapeutic use
Cefotiam
Cephalothin - therapeutic use
Cephamycins - therapeutic use
Dibekacin - therapeutic use
Hematoma - drug therapy
Humans
Injections, Intra-Arterial
Liver - injuries
Liver Abscess - prevention & control
Liver Diseases - drug therapy
Male
Wounds, Nonpenetrating - complications
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Summary:In an eighteen-year-old boy with a high fever, an intra-hepatic infectious hematoma following blunt hepatic trauma was treated twice with intrahepatic arterial injection chemotherapy in an attempt to prevent conversion of the hematoma to an abscess. A decrease in body temperature occurred after the arterial injections, and the hematoma was gradually diminished in size. In selected patients with blunt hepatic trauma, intrahepatic arterial injection chemotherapy seems to be an effective treatment for prevention of liver abscess formation.
ISSN:0047-1909
1436-2813
DOI:10.1007/BF02469650