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Table 1 The characteristics of the reported cases of inferior phrenic artery injury due to blunt trauma

From: Massive hemothorax due to inferior phrenic artery injury after blunt trauma

Author

N

Clinical presentation

Diaphragmatic injury

Subsequent Treatment

Embolic material of TAE

Blaise

1

Pericardial tamponade

None

TAE

Polyvinyl alcohol particles

Mizobata

2

Intraperitoneal hemorrhage and Subcapsular hematoma

None

TAE

NS

Lee

1

Intrapetironeal hemorrhage

Grade V

Laparotomy

 

Ogawa

1

Hemothorax

None

TAE and thoracotomy

Coil embolization

Aoki (present)

1

Hemothorax

None

TAE

NBCA

  1. N number of patients, TAE transcatheter arterial embolization, NS not shown, NBCA N-butyl cyanoacrylate