[Ruptured cirrhotic nodulus treated with collagen patch].

The authors review the case of a fifty-three-year-old cirrhotic patient. He was admitted to the emergency unit with symptoms of acute abdomen and haemorrhagic shock. Abdominal bleeding of unknown origin was revealed by UH and CT imaging. After circulatory resuscitation, urgent abdominal exploration was indicated. During operation arterial bleeding of a ruptured cirrhotic nodulus was found. Tacho-Comb (a human fibrinogen/thrombin coated collagen patch) was applied onto the hepatic wound. Prompt haemostasis was achieved. The patient was discharged after an uneventful postoperative period.