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Trauma Transfer for
Catastrophic IVC InjuryNOT A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR
Stephen ClarkCardiothoracic Surgery
Freeman Hospital
Emma FarrowED Consultant
Cumberland Infirmary, Carlisle
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Case Report
• Mr M - 23 years old• New Years Eve Party• Stab wound at 04.00 – Right back. Alleged
indiscretions with Brothers wife.• Pre-alert – 04.40. Trauma call activated • Patient arrived Carlisle ED - 04:47 • Isolated wound, right lower back • Taken cocaine & alcohol, no PMH, No meds, NKDA• All trauma team present, ED Cons arrived 04.55
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Case Report
• On arrival - • A – Clear, c-spine no concern • B – RR-24 , sats 100% on 15L, reduced A/E right base• C - HR-95, BP 145/85, CRT 2 seconds, no external
bleeding– Abdo soft , generally tender , no guarding– Pelvis NAD, No other injuries
• D – GCS-14 (E3, V5, M6) BM-7.6• E – Temp 36.5• 2 inch laceration right lower back, muscle exposed
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Interventions
• Oxygen• IV access (orange, grey, green) – 1 litre N-Saline • 6 units cross-matched• Tranexamic acid discussed but not given at surgical
registrars request• Ready for CT 05:05• Erect CXR while awaiting CT– no free gas under
diaphragm• In CT 05:25 (slight delay for radiographer)
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Further information
• Back to ED resus c/o surgical team ; Awaiting CT report
• BP normal & stable until – 07:00 HR 114, BP 129/70– 07:10 HR 110, BP 91/60
• CT report received 07:05
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Laceration upper pole right kidney
Blood in left hepatic space
Gastric artery damage at coeliac axis.
No chest injury
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Further information
• Tranexamic acid given , 2 units blood given ; 2 units FFP ordered
• 07:40 Reviewed by surgical registrar “immediate surgery planned , anaesthetist informed”
• Transferred to theatre
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From then on …
• Anaesthetics predicted problems – Ensured blood was available– Arterial and Central line placed– Fentanyl, Midaz, small amount of Thio and Sux
• Opened – Very little blood in abdo• Retroperitoneal space opened, massive loss of
volume
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Carlisle Theatres
• Uncontrollable bleeding – Cardiac arrest on the table - suspected IVC laceration. Abdomen packed tightly for return to ITU to die.
• Stabilised. Contacted Cardiothoracic Consultant directly for ?IVC control in chest.
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• General Surgery Consultant called• Theatre team and perfusionist called in• Plan for direct transfer from ambulance to
theatre• Delayed transfer
Surgeon called at 09.50. Patient arrived at FRH at 13.37. Ambulance called to Carlisle for transfer 11.52!
Several calls from FRH to CIC during this time to find out where the patient was!
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Newcastle Cardiothoracic Theatre
• Sternotomy performed to allow control of IVC in the chest
• Abdomen reopened – packs removed. Torrential bleeding and loss of blood pressure
• Right atrium cannulated with giving set for rapid transfusion
• Unable to maintain pressure – heparinised and crashed onto cardiopulmonary bypass
• Haemodynamic stability but unable to visualise bleeding as torrential blood loss continued
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As luck would have it….
• Cardiothoracic surgeon and hepatobiliary surgeon operate together frequently on advanced liver tumour resections using cardiopulmonary bypass
• 7 cases over 2 years using abdominal circulatory arrest technique
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Theatre
• Decision made to crash cool to 18C and arrest circulation to the abdomen maintaining perfusion to the head and upper body from bypass flow allowing the heart to fibrillate.
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Venous drainage
DIAPHRAGM
Arterial return
LV Vent as Heart in VF
Clamp IVC
Clamp Aorta
Head and upper body perfused at 18C with venous return from SVC only
Abdominal organs unperfusedat 18C
Cardiopulmonary BypassCooling to 18C
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Theatre
• Laceration to anterior and posterior IVC primary repair
• Haemostasis of caudate lobe injury with Aquamantys radiofrequency device
• Aorta and IVC unclamped. Rewarmed. Heart defibrillated. Weaned from cardiopulmonary bypass
• Chest and abdomen closed (packed, delayed closure)
• 32 units PBC’s 10 units platelets, 12 units FFP
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Recovery
• Transfusion related lung injury• Abdominal packs removed day 3• Upper abdomen not closed due to hepatic
congestion – VAC dressing• Ventilator associated pneumonia• Weaned over 3 weeks and transferred to ward• Discharged home 27 days after injury
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Literature
• Few survivors described from this injuryHansen et al Abdominal vena caval injuries : Outcomes remain dismal Surgery 2000;128;572-8
• Blunt retrohepatic IVC injuries – 75% mortality• Shunts – difficult to place during massive
exsanginating haemorrhage - 80-90% mortality Burch et al The atriocaval shunt. Facts and fiction Ann. Surg 1988;207;555-68Cogbill et al Severe hepatic trauma – a multicentre experience of 1,335 liver injuries J. Trauma 1988;28;1433-8
• 5 case reports of using cardiopulmonary bypass and hypothermic arrest for retrohepatic venous injury between 1991 -2011
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CommentIf you cant be good, be lucky
• Direct referral to CT surgery – Involvement of MTC?• Would that have been a good or bad thing?• Transfer straight to theatre from ambulance with
theatre staff, perfusion, anaesthetics, general surgery all present
• Delayed CT reporting and transfer but stable• Decision for sternotomy before reopening abdomen• Rapid loss of control but prepared• Advanced cardiopulmonary bypass technique• Practiced by liver and cardiac surgeon before