Temporary hemostasis in the injuries of great vessels of different location

: Temporary hemostasis is one of the main points in emergency surgery of patients with trauma of major vessels. Folley catheters were used for temporary hemostasis in bleedings from stab-cut wounds with a narrow wound canal. The method of temporary clamping of the abdominal aorta above the visceral branches during profuse abdominal bleedings of unknown etiology is described in detail.