The use of thumbtacks to stop massive presacral hemorrhage
- 1 September 1986
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Diseases of the Colon & Rectum
- Vol. 29 (9) , 589-590
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02554267
Abstract
Massive bleeding from the sacral basivertebral vein is uncommon and can be fatal because conventional methods to control the bleeding are often futile. Occlusion of the bleeding site with a titanium thumbtack is easy and effective.Keywords
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