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Emergency Abdominal Surgery For Penetrating Injury
BYPROF/ GOUDA ELLABBAN
EGYPT
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Penetrating abdominal trauma
• More common in areas of:– High levels of poverty– Low levels of education– High alcohol consumption– Larger populations
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Mechanisms
• Gunshot wounds (GSW)• Stab wounds
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Firearms
• Low velocity: <2000ft/s (<609m/s)• High velocity: >2000ft/s (>609 m/s)
• Most hand guns are low velocity• High velocity weapons are
increasing in availability
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Wounding capability
• KE = ½ mv2
– Double the bullet size 2x the energy– Double the muzzle velocity 4x the energy
• Critical velocity: 600 m/s – Above this (“high velocity”):
tissue compressed at periphery of impact by a shock wave temporary cavity created (ATLS student manual)
– Cavity can be 30 times the diameter of the bullet• Yaw and tumble
– Increase the surface area of the bullet with respect to the tissue it contacts
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Shotgun wounds
• Low muzzle velocity (usually 630 m/s)
• Multiple spherical pellets• Pellets lose energy very quickly• Close range (0.3-0.9m)
– Massive contaminated wounds– Similar to high velocity GSW
• Long range (>18.2m)– Minimal torso injury
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Stab wounds (non-ballistic penetrating trauma)
• Most occur in upper quadrants• Injuries dependent on:
– Instrument used– Patient motion
• Parietal peritoneum penetrated in 70%– Only 50% of these (35% total) cause visceral
injury
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Different management
• Low velocity GSW / stab wounds– Damage due to direct injury to vital
structures
• High velocity GSW– Wide debridement necessary– Organ injury generally requires more complex
techniques
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Management priorities of penetrating abdominal trauma
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Management based on haemodynamic criteria
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Three haemodynamic groups
• Moribund patients– No spontaneous ventilatory effort, no femoral pulse and
no response to painful stimuli• Laparotomy• Some recommend thoracic aorta occlusion prior to
laparotomy to prevent cardiac arrest from sudden release of abdominal wall tamponade (Ledgerwood et al 1976)
• Unstable patients– Any vital sign (BP, HR, RR) is altered
• ABC – if fluids do not help, or only help temporarily, laparotomy is required
• Stable patients• Decision based on mechanism of injury and physical
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The idea of “damage control”
• In the past, definitive repair of most lesions was attempted initially
• Multivisceral injuries and exsanguinated patients are bad candidates for major resections and time-consuming reconstructions
• The combination of trauma plus the surgical insult exceeds the physiological reserves of many patients
• Aims:1. Initial damage control operation2. Resuscitation in the surgical ICU3. Planned reoperation after 24 - 48 hours
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Indications for damage control
• Bleeding caused by coagulopathy• Severe metabolic acidosis (pH <7.3)• Severe base deficit (pH >10)• Hypothermia during operation (T° <34°)• Inability to control the haemorrhage
(hepatic, retroperitoneal, pelvic, thoracic or cervical)
• Inability to formally close the abdomen because of intestinal oedema
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Techniques of damage control
• Haemorrhage control– Packing ± angiographic embolisation– Ligation of vessels instead of repair– Balloon catheter tamponade for deep or
hepatic wounds• Contamination control
– Hollow viscus ligation instead of repair– External tube drainage of biliary and
pancreatic injury instead of pancreatoduodenectomy
– Avoidance of formal colostomy
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Abdominal hypertension
• Intraabdominal pressure rise to:– 10 mmHg decreased venous return & CO– 25 mmHg increased airway pressures
• How does it occur?– Capillary leak gastrointestinal oedema– Ongoing bleeding
• Bogotá bag (actually developed at University Hospital, Cali)
– Cloth zippered mesh with i.v. plastic fluid bag underneath
– Allows reduction in intraabdominal pressures
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Other aspects of care
• Early enteral nutrition (even after bowel anastomosis) is better than parenteral, especially in the most severe trauma
• Antibiotics: 1 day is as good as 3 or 5 days (Kirton OC et al 2000)
• Abdominal sepsis occurs 20% (Rotondo MF, Zonies DH
1997)
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Management based on area of abdomen injured
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Upper abdomen (thoraco-abdominal area)
• between diaphragm and lower costal margin– Insertion of diaphragm
• Xiphoid process anteriorly• 9th ICS midaxillary line• 11th space posteriorly
– Remember that diaphragm moves from T10 at end-inspiration to T5 at end-expiration
• Contains:– Liver– Spleen– Stomach– Pancreas– Great vessels– Visceral arterial branches
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Thoracoabdominal penetrating injuries
• Explore ALL patients due to risk of diaphragmatic injury
– Occurs in 15% of stab wounds, 46% GSW to TA area (Reynolds MA, Richardson JD, 1996)
– Right side equally affected as left side– Only 15% are > 2cm long (Wise L et al, 1973)
• Therefore, visceral herniation rarely occurs immediately• 85% result in herniation within 3 years
– CXR rarely diagnostic of diaphragmatic injury– DPL, pneumoperitoneum on Xray, USS - all have low
sensitivity
• Laparoscopy vs. laparotomy– Difficulty to view all small bowel with laparoscope– Difficult to see right-sided diaphragmatic injury– May cause tension pneumothorax
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Diaphragmatic rupture
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(adapted from Ferrada R, Birolini D. 1999)
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Middle abdomen
• Between lower costal margin and ASIS– Bowel – Small bowel and colon– Kidneys– Aorta– IVC
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Lower abdomen
• False pelvis – within the iliac bones to sacral promontory (S1)
• True pelvis – below sacral promontory– Small bowel– Rectosigmoid colon– Rectum– Genitourinary system– Iliac vasculature
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Anteroposterior division of the abdomen
• Anterior (between anterior axillary lines)
• Flanks (between anterior and posterior axillary lines)
• Back (between posterior axillary lines)
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EMST guidelines for management of anterior abdominal injuries
– Laparotomy for all penetrating abdominal injuries with:• Hypotension• Peritonitis• Evisceration
– GSW• 99% risk of significant injury• Therefore, explore ALL patients
– Some evidence to contrary (after imaging) (Saadia R, Degiannis E. 2000)
• If the injury is tangential, and the patient is stable, consider laparoscopy
– Stab wounds• Local exploration of wound• Observe if no signs on examination. Perform serial examinations
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Flank and back injuries
• The thickness of the flank and back muscles is protective (skin to peritoneum: 10-20cm)
• Wounds are more frequently tangential
• Serial physical examinations are very accurate in detecting retroperitoneal or intraperitoneal injuries to flanks or back (EMST student manual)
• Contrast CT scans are useful too
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Management based on anatomical structure injured
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Outline
• Upper abdominal injuries– Spleen– Liver– Stomach– Duodenum– Pancreas
• Middle abdominal injuries– Small bowel and mesentery– Colon– Renal
• Lower abdominal injuries– Rectal– Perineal– Bladder
• Vascular injuries
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Splenic injuries
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Splenic injury
• In recent years there has been an appreciable shift from operative management toward nonoperative management (Corson & Williamson, 2001)
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AAST Splenic injury grading system
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Non-operative management• Can avoid post-splenectomy sepsis• Only applicable when operating theatre is available at
short notice• Failure rates of conservative management:
– Grades I,II,III 5%– Grades IV,V 18% (Davis et al 1998)
• Probably more dependent of amount of haemoperitoneum. Attempts have been made to classify this by CT
• Note delayed rupture occurs between 1 and 9 days (mean 3.5 days)
• Beware splenic artery false aneurysms (causing contrast blush) 62% failure rate
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Operative management
• Splenorrhaphy– Uncommon – if the patient needs a
laparotomy, splenectomy is usually indicated• Use of superficial haemostatic agents
(electrocautery, argon beam, topical thrombin, oxidised cellulose, absorbable gelatin sponge)
• Pledgeted repair• Resectional debridement• Mesh wrap
• Splenectomy
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Liver injuries
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Liver injury
• Non-operative management is increasing– Significantly lower transfusion requirements (where
injuries were matched for severity)(Croce MA et al 1995)
• Most hepatic bleeding is venous, most splenic bleeding is arterial
Maybe 80% of hepatic injury can be managed conservatively
• Unstable patients require emergency laparotomy• Discrete contrast blush or frank contrast
extravasation probably mandates embolisation or laparotomy
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Operative management of liver injury
• Gauze packing– may have infective complications (Ivatury RR et al 1986)
• Omental packing• Resectional debridement• Mass liver suture• Hepatic artery ligation• Total hepatic isolation - good for retrohepatic venous injuries
• Atriocaval shunt
- risk of injury to large vessels and bile ducts- poor efficacy of producing haemostasis
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Stomach injuries
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Stomach injuries
• Quite common after penetrating trauma. Very rare after blunt trauma
• Diagnosis– At laparotomy for GSW to anterior abdomen– Haematemesis or grossly bloody nasogastric
aspirate after LUQ stab wound
• Remember: the stomach is mobile and can be injured even from a stab wound to the lower abdomen
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Management of stomach trauma
• Thorough intraoperative examination– Divide the gastrohepatic or gastrocolic
ligaments if required
• If there is an injury to the anterior wall, assume an injury to the posterior wall– Divide gastrocolic ligament and enter lesser
sac
• Debride and close all injuries• Complications - mainly infective
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Duodenal injuries
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Duodenal injuries
• Relatively uncommon. 80% due to penetrating trauma (Corson & Williamson)
• Retroperitoneal organ – diagnosis of injury difficult
• Mortality 5%-30% – Three times more likely to die if operation
delayed > 24 hours (Lucas CE, Ledgerwood AM. 1975)
– Early death – exsanguination due to associated vascular injury
– Late death – sepsis
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Diagnosis of duodenal injuries
• Difficult• AXR changes (in 50%) - Air:
– Outlining the right kidney– Along the psoas muscle
• Water-soluble contrast (Gastrograffin®) follow-through examination
• CT with i.v. and oral contrast
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Repair of the duodenum
• Most duodenal wounds can be closed primarily by duodenorrhaphy
• Debride devitalised tissue• One or two layer closure• Pyloric exclusion for more difficult injuries
(Vauhgn GD et al 1977)
– Primary repair, followed by– Side-to-side gastrojejunostomy
along the greater curvature
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Pancreatic injuries
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Pancreatic injury
• Associated injuries in penetrating trauma– 75% have injury to one of: (JurkovichGJ, Carrico CJ. 1990)
• Aorta• Portal vein• Inferior vena cava
• Mortality rate: 10% – 30%• Manage haemorrhage and contamination
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Exposure of pancreas
All penetrating injuries in the vicinity of the pancreas mandate exposure and inspection of the whole gland
• Enter the lesser sac by incising the gastrocolic ligament• Retract stomach superiorly• Retract transverse colon inferiorly• Mobilise hepatic flexure• Kocher’s manoeuver• Remember to visualise
posterior part of gland
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Signs of injury
• Parenchymal injury– Central retroperitoneal haematoma– Oedema around the gland and in the lesser sac– Bile staining of the retroperitoneum
• Ductal injury– Direct visualisation of a ductal injury– Complete transection of the gland– Laceration of more than one half of the gland– Central perforation– Severe maceration
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AAST pancreatic injury grade
Grade Description of injury
I Minor contusion / superficial laceration without duct injury
II Major contusion / major laceration without duct injury or tissue loss
III Distal transection or parenchymal injury with ductal injury
IV Proximal transection (to right of SMV) or parenchymal injury involving ampulla
V Massive disruption of pancreatic head
Advance one grade for multiple injuries to the same organ
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Operative management
• Minor injuries (grades I and II)– No ductal injury– External drainage alone
• Closed systems superior to sump systems (Fabian TC et al 1990)
• Grade III– Distal pancreatectomy (up to 80% of gland is well tolerated)
• Spleen can be preserved in 50%
• Grade IV– Most result in death– Wide external drainage is becoming more common– Distal resection (up to 95% of gland)
• Grade V– Most die. Diversion procedures or pancreatoduodenectomy
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Colonic injuries
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Colon injury
• 20% of GSW cause colonic injury• Management recommendations
(EAST) depend on whether destruction is such that resection is required
Very strong evidence (RCT) supporting primary repair of nondestructive wounds in the absence of peritonitis (EAST)
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Destructive colon wounds• There is quite strong evidence (nonrandomised
prospective trials and controlled retrospective studies) (Steel M et al ANZ J Surg 2002) that:
• This probably applies equally well to small bowel injury
Destructive wounds requiring resection, can undergo primary anastomosis if:
–Haemodynamically stable–No severe underlying disease–Minimal associated injuries–Do not have peritonitis
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Primary anastomoses
• Anastomoses: (EAST)
– Single layer vs. double layer (double is slower but no better)
– Absorbable vs. non-absorbable (probably no difference)
– Stapled vs. hand-sewn (probably no difference)
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Rectal injuries
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Rectal injury
• Lack of adequate evidence• Rectum is different from rest of colon no
serosa over upper 2/3 posteriorly and lower 1/3 circumferentially
• Serosa is important for secure suturing• Maybe?:
– Primary repair is appropriate– Distal rectal washout not important– Post-exploration, lower wounds do not need retrorectal
drainage
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Renal injuries
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Surgical management of renal injuries
• Only a small proportion due to penetrating injury• Best management is unclear
– A grading system exists to suggest indications for conservative management
• Life-threatening injuries do not attempt renal salvage (unless there is only one kidney)
• Debride devitalised segments partial nephrectomy
• Obtain haemostasis with a horizontal mattress and a piece of omentum
• Major laceration wrap kidney in absorbable mesh
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Perineal injuries
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Perineal injury
• 50% are associated with pelvic fracture• Mortality 32% - 60% (Corson & Williamson)
– Early death from exsanguination– Late death from sepsis
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Management of perineal injury
• Broad-spectrum antibiotics• Laparotomy• Diversion of faecal stream to prevent
sepsis• Washout of distal rectum• Feeding jejunostomy• Often have difficult to manage wounds
– Frequent debridement and lavage– Grafts or flaps
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Bladder injury
• When due to penetrating trauma it is usually identified at laparotomy
• When identified:– Explore bladder through cystostomy on
dome of bladder– Extraperitoneal injury Foley catheter
drainage alone– Intraperitoneal injury:
• Repair in three layers with absorbable sutures• Some say that suprapubic catheter should be
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Abdominal Vascular Injuries
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Incidence of abdominal vascular trauma
• 27% - 33% of all vascular trauma is intraabdominal
• Incidence of abdominal vascular injuries is rising
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Mechanisms of injury to abdominal vasculature
• Penetrating injuries most common– 90% to 95% of all abdominal vascular injuries
• Of patients undergoing laparotomy for abdominal GSW– 25% have abdominal vascular injuries– (compared to 10% for stab wound
laparotomies)
• Usually associated with multiple other injuries
• Multiple vessels occasionally involved
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ED management
• Follows usual EMST protocols BUT
• REMEMBER, do not place i.v. cannulae in femoral veins
• Cross-clamping of descending thoracic aorta– Stops intraabdominal haemorrhage– Improves perfusion of carotid and coronary
arteries– Risk of distal ischaemia and reperfusion injury
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Intraoperative management
• Prepare skin from neck to mid-thigh (in case an autogenous saphenous vein graft is required)
• Midline incision• If laparotomy has commenced, and the patient
decompensates haemodynamically, cross-clamp the aorta. The diaphragmatic crura may require transection
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Zone I – aortic hiatus to sacral promontory, over vertebrae; supramesocolic and inframesocolic parts
Zone II – Pericolic gutters
Zone III – sacral promontory to pelvis
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Zone I supramesocolic (Asensio JA et al. 2002)
• Coeliac axis ligation• SMA (1st & 2nd parts) repair
ligation is theoretically possiblegrafts and temporary shunts have
been used
• Infrahepatic suprarenal IVC primarily repair from within the vessel
where there has been massive destruction ligate (5% survival), or use prosthetic graft
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Zone I inframesocolic
• SMA (3rd & 4th parts) primarily repaircan individually ligate the main jejunal and colic branches of 4th part
• Infrahepatic infrarenal IVC primarily repair, ligating the lumbar veins
Ligation in cases of massive destruction is well tolerated
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Zone II
• Renal arteries – primarily repair
OR – resect and replace with graft (prosthetic or
autogenous)
• Renal veins – repair or ligate – Right renal vein ligation requires right nephrectomy– Left renal vein ligation is better tolerated due to
collaterals from left gonadal vein and renolumbar veins
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Zone III
• Often associated colonic and genitourinary injuries with significant contamination
• Common iliac arteries repaircan use autogenous or prosthetic grafts
• Internal iliac arteries ligation• External iliac arteries repair• Iliofemoral graft can be performed• Iliac veins ligation is well tolerated
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Cautions
• “Second look” operations are important after SMA repair (assessing bowel viability)
• In contaminated wounds, all grafts should be retroperitonealised
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