J Korean Soc Coloproctol.
1997 Dec;13(4):619-622.
Effective Control of Presacral Hemorrhage by Transfixing Suture
- Affiliations
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- 1Department of Surgery, University of Ulsan College of Medicine and Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea.
Abstract
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A wide transfixing suture including sacrum successfully controlled severe presacral hemorrhage during rectal resection. The basic principle of this technique lies in safe tamponade of injured fragile vessels attached to sacral periosteu. This technique can be equipped as one of the efficient armamentarium competing lethal presacral hemorrhage during pelvic surgery.