The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care · 1988 · 18 citations · 0 references
MedicineSurgeryCardiothoracic SurgeryEmergency SurgeryVascular SurgeryThromboembolic OutcomesThrombosisVascular Access In TraumaVascular TraumaVenous InterventionsVenous ThromboembolismCirculationDevice EmbolizationEmbolized Device RetrievalHepatic Vein ThrombosisInterventional EmbolizationSurgical EmbolectomyTransarterial EmbolizationVenous Embolization
Bullet emboli are rare and their management when in the venous circulation is controversial. A 26-year-old female with a gunshot wound to the heart, followed by embolization of the bullet to the right hepatic vein, had successful percutaneous retrieval of the bullet via a catheter inserted through the right femoral vein.