Odell J A, Shama D, Crause L
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Wentworth Hospital, Durban, South Africa.
J Trauma. 1988 Mar;28(3):416-7. doi: 10.1097/00005373-198803000-00023.
A case is described in which transfixation of the superior vena cava by the retained blade of a knife was the cause of acute caval obstruction. Use of a venous cannula as a stent allowed repair of the caval lacerations.
