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Kim YS. Damage control surgery for life-threatening blunt chest trauma. J Surg Case Rep 2024; 2024:rjae449. [PMID: 39081271 PMCID: PMC11287476 DOI: 10.1093/jscr/rjae449] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2024] [Accepted: 07/02/2024] [Indexed: 08/02/2024] Open
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A 31-year-old male sustained life-threatening chest contusions and recovered after damage control surgery. The patient was in an unwitnessed accident where his motorcycle was struck by a car. Upon admission, blood pressure was 69/58 mmHg, heart rate was 126 bpm, and oxygen saturation was 85%. Chest computed tomography revealed fractures to right ribs 1-9 and left ribs 1-7, lung contusions, multiple lung lacerations, and right hemopneumothorax. Upon presentation to the intensive care unit, hemostasis was achieved by suturing a deeply lacerated lung and applying gauze packing. The patient was placed on veno-veno type extracorporeal membrane oxygenation using both femoral veins after surgery until the 5th hospital day. The gauze was removed during the second operation on the 6th day. The third operation on the 13th hospital day was an open reduction of ribs 3-7 on the right. The patient was discharged on the 47th day without complications.
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Affiliation(s)
- Yeon Soo Kim
- Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Inje University Ilsan Paik Hospital, 170 Juwha-ro, Ilsansu-gu, Goyang-si 10394, Gyeonsgi-Do, South Korea
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Mejia D, Warr SP, Delgado-López CA, Salcedo A, Rodríguez-Holguín F, Serna JJ, Caicedo Y, Pino LF, González-Hadad A, Herrera MA, Parra MW, García A, Ordoñez CA. Reinterventions after damage control surgery. Colomb Med (Cali) 2021; 52:e4154805. [PMID: 34908623 PMCID: PMC8634277 DOI: 10.25100/cm.v52i2.4805] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2021] [Revised: 06/11/2021] [Accepted: 06/29/2021] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Damage control has well-defined steps. However, there are still controversies regarding whom, when, and how re-interventions should be performed. This article summarizes the Trauma and Emergency Surgery Group (CTE) Cali-Colombia recommendations about the specific situations concerning second interventions of patients undergoing damage control surgery. We suggest packing as the preferred bleeding control strategy, followed by unpacking within the next 48-72 hours. In addition, a deferred anastomosis is recommended for correction of intestinal lesions, and patients treated with vascular shunts should be re-intervened within 24 hours for definitive management. Furthermore, abdominal or thoracic wall closure should be attempted within eight days. These strategies aim to decrease complications, morbidity, and mortality.
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- David Mejia
- Hospital Pablo Tobon Uribe, Department of Surgery, Medellin, Colombia.,Universidad de Antioquia, Department of Surgery, Medellin, Colombia
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- Hospital Pablo Tobón Uribe, Grupo de Soporte Nutricional y Pared Abdominal, Medellin. Colombia
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- Fundación Valle del Lili, Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, Cali, Colombia.,Universidad del Valle, Facultad de Salud, Escuela de Medicina Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, Cali, Colombia.,Universidad Icesi, Cali, Colombia.,Hospital Universitario del Valle, Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, Cali, Colombia
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- Fundación Valle del Lili, Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, Cali, Colombia
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- Fundación Valle del Lili, Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, Cali, Colombia.,Universidad del Valle, Facultad de Salud, Escuela de Medicina Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, Cali, Colombia.,Universidad Icesi, Cali, Colombia.,Hospital Universitario del Valle, Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, Cali, Colombia
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- Fundación Valle del Lili, Centro de Investigaciones Clínicas (CIC), Cali, Colombia
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- Universidad del Valle, Facultad de Salud, Escuela de Medicina Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, Cali, Colombia.,Hospital Universitario del Valle, Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, Cali, Colombia
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- Universidad del Valle, Facultad de Salud, Escuela de Medicina Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, Cali, Colombia.,Hospital Universitario del Valle, Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, Cali, Colombia.,Centro Médico Imbanaco, Cali, Colombia
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- Universidad del Valle, Facultad de Salud, Escuela de Medicina Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, Cali, Colombia.,Hospital Universitario del Valle, Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, Cali, Colombia
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- Broward General Level I Trauma Center, Department of Trauma Critical Care, Fort Lauderdale, FL - USA
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- Fundación Valle del Lili, Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, Cali, Colombia.,Universidad del Valle, Facultad de Salud, Escuela de Medicina Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, Cali, Colombia.,Universidad Icesi, Cali, Colombia
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- Fundación Valle del Lili, Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, Cali, Colombia.,Universidad del Valle, Facultad de Salud, Escuela de Medicina Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, Cali, Colombia.,Universidad Icesi, Cali, Colombia
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García A, Millán M, Ordoñez CA, Burbano D, Parra MW, Caicedo Y, González Hadad A, Herrera MA, Pino LF, Rodríguez-Holguín F, Salcedo A, Franco MJ, Ferrada R, Puyana JC. Damage control surgery in lung trauma. Colomb Med (Cali) 2021; 52:e4044683. [PMID: 34188322 PMCID: PMC8216053 DOI: 10.25100/cm.v52i2.4683] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Damage control techniques applied to the management of thoracic injuries have evolved over the last 15 years. Despite the limited number of publications, information is sufficient to scatter some fears and establish management principles. The severity of the anatomical injury justifies the procedure of damage control in only few selected cases. In most cases, the magnitude of the physiological derangement and the presence of other sources of bleeding within the thoracic cavity or in other body compartments constitutes the indication for the abbreviated procedure. The classification of lung injuries as peripheral, transfixing, and central or multiple, provides a guideline for the transient bleeding control and for the definitive management of the injury: pneumorraphy, wedge resection, tractotomy or anatomical resection, respectively. Identification of specific patterns such as the need for resuscitative thoracotomy, or aortic occlusion, the existence of massive hemothorax, a central lung injury, a tracheobronchial injury, a major vascular injury, multiple bleeding sites as well as the recognition of hypothermia, acidosis or coagulopathy, constitute the indication for a damage control thoracotomy. In these cases, the surgeon executes an abbreviated procedure with packing of the bleeding surfaces, primary management with packing of some selected peripheral or transfixing lung injuries, and the postponement of lung resection, clamping of the pulmonary hilum in the most selective way possible. The abbreviation of the thoracotomy closure is achieved by suturing the skin over the wound packed, or by installing a vacuum system. The management of the patient in the intensive care unit will allow identification of those who require urgent reintervention and the correction of the physiological derangement in the remaining patients for their scheduled reintervention and definitive management.
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- Alberto García
- Universidad del Valle, Facultad de Salud, Escuela de Medicina, Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, Cali, Colombia.,Fundación Valle del Lili, Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, Cali, Colombia.,Universidad Icesi, Cali, Colombia
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- Universidad Icesi, Cali, Colombia.,Fundación Valle del Lili, Department of Surgery, Division of Transplant Surgery, Cali, Colombia
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- Universidad del Valle, Facultad de Salud, Escuela de Medicina, Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, Cali, Colombia.,Fundación Valle del Lili, Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, Cali, Colombia.,Universidad Icesi, Cali, Colombia
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- Fundación Valle del Lili, Departamento de Urgencias Adultos. Cali, Colombia
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- Broward General Level I Trauma Center, Department of Trauma Critical Care, Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA
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- Fundación Valle del Lili, Centro de Investigaciones Clínicas (CIC), Cali, Colombia
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- Universidad del Valle, Facultad de Salud, Escuela de Medicina, Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, Cali, Colombia.,Hospital Universitario del Valle, Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, Cali, Colombia.,Centro Médico Imbanaco, Cali, Colombia
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- Universidad del Valle, Facultad de Salud, Escuela de Medicina, Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, Cali, Colombia.,Hospital Universitario del Valle, Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, Cali, Colombia
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- Universidad del Valle, Facultad de Salud, Escuela de Medicina, Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, Cali, Colombia.,Hospital Universitario del Valle, Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, Cali, Colombia
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- Fundación Valle del Lili, Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, Cali, Colombia
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- Universidad del Valle, Facultad de Salud, Escuela de Medicina, Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, Cali, Colombia.,Fundación Valle del Lili, Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, Cali, Colombia.,Universidad Icesi, Cali, Colombia.,Hospital Universitario del Valle, Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, Cali, Colombia
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- Fundación Valle del Lili, Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, Cali, Colombia
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- Universidad del Valle, Facultad de Salud, Escuela de Medicina, Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, Cali, Colombia.,Centro Médico Imbanaco, Cali, Colombia
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Manzano-Nuñez R, Chica-Yanten J, Naranjo MP, Caicedo-Holguin I, Ordoñez JM, McGreevy D, Puyana JC, Hörer TM, Moore EE, García AF. Use of REBOA in the universe of magical realism: a real-world review. COLOMBIAN JOURNAL OF ANESTHESIOLOGY 2021. [DOI: 10.5554/22562087.e973] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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While reading the novella “Chronicle of a Death Foretold” by the Colombian Nobel Laureate Gabriel García-Marquez, we were surprised to realize that the injuries sustained by the main character could have been successfully treated had he received modern trauma care in which REBOA may have been considered. This is a discussion of Mr. Nasar's murder to explore whether he could have been saved by deploying REBOA as a surgical adjunct to bleeding control and resuscitation. In reading García-Marquez's novel we noted the events that unfolded at the time of Santiago Nasar's murder. To contextualize the claim that Mr. Nasar could have survived, had his injuries been treated with REBOA, we explored and illustrated what could have done differently and why. On the day of his death, Mr. Nasar sustained multiple penetrating stab wounds. Although he received multiple stab wounds to his torso, the book describes seven potentially fatal injuries, resulting in hollow viscus, solid viscus, and major vascular injuries. We provided a practical description of the clinical and surgical management algorithm we would have followed in Mr. Nasar's case. This algorithm included the REBOA deployment for hemorrhage control and resuscitation. The use of REBOA as part of the surgical procedures performed could have saved Mr. Nasar's life. Based on our current knowledge about REBOA in trauma surgery, we claim that its use, coupled with appropriate surgical care for hemorrhage control, could have saved Santiago Nasar's life, and thus prevent a death foretold.
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