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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-3-28
pubmed:abstractText
Primary venorrhaphy for traumatic inferior vena cava (IVC) injury has been criticized because of the potential for stenosis, thrombosis, and embolism. A retrospective study was performed to evaluate the morbidity and outcome of this method. Thirty-eight patients at our institution had traumatic injuries to the IVC between 1994 and 1999. Thirty (79%) were from firearms, five (13%) from stab wounds, and three (8%) from blunt trauma. Six patients died in the emergency department. The remaining 32 patients underwent exploratory celiotomy with 23 survivors and nine intraoperative deaths for a mortality rate of 28 per cent (nine of 32). Vascular control was achieved by manual compression in 44 per cent and by local clamping directly above and below the injury in 38 per cent. All repairs were by primary venorrhaphy, and no patient was treated with patch angioplasty or venous reconstruction. Three patients had caval ligation. Follow-up IVC imaging in 11 patients revealed that the IVC was patent in eight, narrowed in two, and thrombosed below the renal veins in one. One patient developed a pulmonary embolus. The vast majority of traumatic injuries to the IVC can be managed by direct compression or local clamping and primary venorrhaphy. Direct repairs are associated with a low thrombosis and embolic complication rate.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0003-1348
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
67
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
207-13; discussion 213-4
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11270876-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:11270876-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:11270876-Child, pubmed-meshheading:11270876-Child, Preschool, pubmed-meshheading:11270876-Embolism, pubmed-meshheading:11270876-Female, pubmed-meshheading:11270876-Hemostasis, Surgical, pubmed-meshheading:11270876-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:11270876-Incidence, pubmed-meshheading:11270876-Infant, pubmed-meshheading:11270876-Laparotomy, pubmed-meshheading:11270876-Male, pubmed-meshheading:11270876-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:11270876-Morbidity, pubmed-meshheading:11270876-Phlebography, pubmed-meshheading:11270876-Retrospective Studies, pubmed-meshheading:11270876-Survival Analysis, pubmed-meshheading:11270876-Suture Techniques, pubmed-meshheading:11270876-Thrombosis, pubmed-meshheading:11270876-Treatment Outcome, pubmed-meshheading:11270876-Vena Cava, Inferior, pubmed-meshheading:11270876-Wounds, Gunshot, pubmed-meshheading:11270876-Wounds, Nonpenetrating, pubmed-meshheading:11270876-Wounds, Stab
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Primary venorrhaphy for traumatic inferior vena cava injuries.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Trauma Surgery, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article