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Objective To investigate the effect of damage control laparotomy in multiple trauma care.Methods A retrospective review was made on clinical data of 33 multiple trauma cases who received damage control laparotomy from January 2009 to June 2015.Twenty-four cases were males and 9 females, with the age range of 19-68 years(mean, 41.0 years).The trauma causes included traffic injury in 21 cases, high fall injury in 6 cases, falling object injury in 5 cases, and detonator blast injury in 1 case.Injury severity score (ISS) ranged from 14 to 64 points (mean, 27.0 points).All cases presented abdominal injury.Complicated injuries included brain injury in 10 cases, chest injury in 23 cases, and pelvic limb injury in 21 cases.All cases underwent damage control laparotomy, and then temporary abdominal closure after abdomen surgery.Abdominal closure time, intro-abdominal hypertension (IAH) or abdominal compartment syndrome (ACS), related treatment methods, hospital length of stay, and complications were recorded after operation.Results Twenty-nine cases had primary fascial closure 5-12 d after surgery.Four cases were unable to complete definitive abdominal wall reconstruction within the short term, and underwent skin grafting to form planned ventral hernia.Twelve cases developed IAH or ACS, and were cured using intra-abdominal volume increment assisted by vacuum sealing draining (VSD).Hospital length of stay was 21-70 d (mean, 31.4 d).There were wound infections in 2 cases of open fractures and abdominal incision infections in 4 cases, but all were cured after debridement plus VSD treatment.Abdominal abscess occurred in 1 case, and was cured by abdominal puncture and drainage.All cases were discharged from hospital smoothly.Conclusion Rational application of damage control laparotomy is a safe and effective treatment method for multiple trauma combined with abdominal injury.
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Abdominal increment is applied to patients with abdominal compartment syndrome (ACS) after severe trauma,while for some patients,intra-abdominal volume increment could not close the fascia within the primary stage.For theses patients,abdominal wound skin grafting was conducted,and the planned hernia was formed.Planned abdominal hernia developed over time,and finally huge incisional hernia was formed.This article described a modified sliding myofascial flap of the rectus abdominus muscles for definitive abdominal wall reconstruction for a patient with huge planned abdominal hernia,and a good curative effect was obtained.
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Rectal diverticulum is rarely seen in clinical practice.Perforation or rupture of rectal diverticulum with symptoms and signs of acute diffuse peritonitis makes it easily be misdiagnosed as appendicitis,rectal neoplasms,intestinal obstruction and other abdominal diseases.In this article,a retrospective analysis of the clinical data of one patient with extraperitoneal pneumatosis caused by perforation of rectal diverticulum was performed to investigate the diagnosis and treatment of the disease.
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Objective Because of high incidence rate of complicated postoperative abdominal infections in abdominal injuries and difficulty in their clinical diagnosis and treatment,this article aimed to investigate the mechanism and the surgical tactics for this kind of complication.Methods Totally 48 abdominal-injured cases of postoperative complicated abdominal infections in our hospital from July 2005 to December 2010 were reviewed.These patients (Male 30,Female 18) aged 16-70 (mean 38) years.There were 20 cases of simple abdominal injuries,and 28 cases of multiple injuries ( ISS 16 - 52,mean 24.42).The complicated postoperative abdominal infections included abdominal incision infections (25cases),intra-abdominal infections( 18 cases) and retroperitoneal infections(5 cases).Forty cases were transferrted from other hospitals to our hospital 2 - 76 days after trauma.16 of which underwent exploratory laparotomy at other hospitals after injury,and 8 cases were directly transferred to our hospital after injury.Results All patients finally had a definite diagnosis by abdominal checking(26 cases),paracentesis(5 cases),ultrasound and CT scan ( 12 cases),and PET/CT scan (5 cases)in our hospital,and were confirmed by cultiure of pathogenic bacteria.The treatment included vacuum sealing drainage (VSD) (25 cases),percutaneous imaging- guided abdominal abscess drainage(13cases) and re-laparotomy ( 10 cases).Successfull treatment was achieved in 46 patients,death in 2 patients.The causes of death consisted of 1 case of severe craniocerebral injury,1 case of MODS.Conclusions Complicated abdominal infections often occurs after the operations of abdominal injuries.attentively abdominal checking,paracentesis,and CT scan repeatedly were proofs to benefit the finally diagnosis.VSD therapy is a simple and effective method for abdominal incision complication,and dynamic CT scan and prompt exploratory laparotomy can improve patients' prognosis.
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Objective To explore the effects and significance of first-aid fast track in the treatment of severe trauma. Methods A retrospective study was done on 60 trauma patients (fast track group)treated by means of first-aid fast track from January 2006 to November 2007 to observe the effect of first-aid fast track. Another 46 trauma patients treated from January 2004 to December 2005 were used as control group. Results There was no statistical difference in aspects of sex, age, injury mechanism, ISS and blood loss in both groups (P ＞0.05). Two patients died in the first track group, with mortality rate of 3% ;while five patients died in the control group, with mortality rate of 11% ( P ＜ 0.05 ). Compared with the control group, there was shorter time in emergency room care, special examination and interval from admission to operating room in fast track group ( P ＜ 0.05 ). Conclusion First-aid fast track can shorten the space and time in treatment of severe trauma, decrease the mortality rate, enhance success rate of treatment and hence guarantee chronergy and integrity of emergency trauma care.
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Objective To investigate the changes of intestinal barrier function of patients with multiple injuries,and explore the relationship between the changes and Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome(SIRS).Methods Fifty two patients with multiple injury admitted to our hospital from Aug.2007 to May 2008 were divided into mild injury group(n=24,ISS0.05),while obvious increasing existed in moderate and severe groups at 1st day after trauma(P
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Several specialized branches are inclusive in the department of trauma surgery,and the instruction of medical ethics during the practice of trauma surgery surely contributes to raise the integrated diathesis and capability for medical students.Common ethical issues in trauma surgery practice include ethics of operative principles,conflict between trauma sufferers and accident-makers,privacy preservation,decision making,and the principles of clinical pharmaceutical trials,etc.It is believed that advantageous principles and independence principles should be overall carried out during the instructional course of medical ethics education.