Hamed Ghoddusi Johari; Seyed Arman Moein
Volume 10, Issue 4 , October 2022, , Pages 201-204
Abstract
Blunt traumatic aortic injury is a deadly phenomenon in traumatic injuries. Damage control is essential in the management of traumatic patients. We reported a 20-years-old man brought to the trauma center from a car turnover crash scene. Blunt traumatic aortic injury grade III was revealed ...
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Blunt traumatic aortic injury is a deadly phenomenon in traumatic injuries. Damage control is essential in the management of traumatic patients. We reported a 20-years-old man brought to the trauma center from a car turnover crash scene. Blunt traumatic aortic injury grade III was revealed by contrast-enhanced computed tomography requiring urgent intervention. After an uneventful open repair of the aorta with Dacron graft, diffuse blood oozing occurred from the mediastinum and left pleural cavity. We packed the thoracic bleeding sites and removed the packings after four days. The patient developed no signs of cardiopulmonary compromise until the removal of the packings. Later, the patient was discharged with no complications. Through the followups, he had no complaint regarding the surgery. The patient has a normal chest x-ray one year later. Thoracic gauze packing is limitedly practiced due to concerns for cardiopulmonary compromises. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first time that this technique has been performed in the open repair of blunt traumaticthoracic aortic injury as damage control.
Holger Rupprecht; Katharina Gaab
Volume 6, Issue 1 , January 2018, , Pages 1-7
Abstract
A penetrating chest trauma, a myocardial contusion or a myocardial infarction can lead to a cardiac rupture, which is linked to an extreme high death rate. Only few cases with delayed perforation of the myocardium have been reported in literature. We report about a penetrating gunshot injury, which led ...
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A penetrating chest trauma, a myocardial contusion or a myocardial infarction can lead to a cardiac rupture, which is linked to an extreme high death rate. Only few cases with delayed perforation of the myocardium have been reported in literature. We report about a penetrating gunshot injury, which led to a myocardial contusion with secondary delayed rupture of the left ventricle and the left inferior lobe of the lung. The leakage of the lesion in the left ventricle could be sealed sufficiently with fibrin-coated collagen fleeces after adapting stitches with Prolene 2-0. For additional stabilization of the vulnerable myocardium area, a bovine patch has been placed on the damaged ventricle. Fibrin fleeces are used successfully in cardiac surgery, as in our case, to seal the leakage of the lesion in the left ventricle. The implantation of a bovine patch in the pericardium could prevent a cardiac compartment syndrome with a fatal pericardial tamponade. To prohibit a thoracic compartment syndrome a modified Bogota bag could be sewed in for temporarily closure of the chest. In most cases penetrating cardiac injuries can be treated without heart-lung-machines. An immediate transfer to a cardio-surgical center is, due to the acute situation, not possible. If a surgeon with thoraco-surgical expertise is present a transfer is not absolutely necessary.
