Endovascular stents are predominantly utilized for intra-arterial interventions; however, their application in managing venous injuries, especially traumatic ones, lacks comprehensive guidelines and long-term outcome studies. This case report discusses the innovative deployment of an infrarenal inferior vena cava stent for a traumatic inferior vena cava injury after a gunshot wound in a polytrauma patient. This case aims to enhance the existing evidence on the feasibility and potential outcomes of endovascular stenting in traumatic venous injuries.
Keyphrases
- inferior vena cava
- case report
- spinal cord injury
- pulmonary embolism
- vena cava
- single cell
- cell therapy
- physical activity
- surgical site infection
- wound healing
- stem cells
- type diabetes
- aortic dissection
- metabolic syndrome
- african american
- risk assessment
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- case control
- acute coronary syndrome
- bone marrow
- human health
- aortic aneurysm