The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care · 1984 · 15 citations · 0 references
MedicineInternal MedicineSurgeryHepatologyVascular SurgeryAbdominal TraumaHepatic PathologyHepatobiliary DiseaseHepatobiliary SurgeryPortal HypertensionVascular TraumaBleeding After Hepatic SurgeryBlunt Liver InjuryLiver Injury ManagementLiver Trauma SurgeryPortal Hypertension SurgeryPortal Hypertensive BleedingVariceal Bleeding Management
Traumatic intrahepatic arteriovenous fistulae are rare. A patient is described in whom the syndrome of remote liver trauma, portal hypertension with variceal bleeding, and normal liver functions was shown arteriographically to be due to a hepatic artery-portal vein fistula. Operative closure was successful.