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injuries on an RUG will appear as a disruption of the nor­mally concentric urethra from the meatus to the bladder neck. A partial disruption represents extravasation along the course of the urethra with some contrast instillation into the bladder, whereas a complete disruption will fail to ll the bladder at all, with contrast accumulating in a periurethral or perivesical location.
The management of urethral injuries can be divided sim­ply into immediate open surgical repair versus temporary urinary diversion with suprapubic or urethral catheter placement. With temporary urinary diversion, delayed repair and/or reconstruction would be performed, if neces­sary, 6–12weeks following the injury. In any situation, the initial management of urethral injury should proceed rst and foremost with prompt bladder decompression and broad- spectrum antibiotics. The controversial aspect of managing penetrating urethral injury, however, is whether immediate open repair versus diversion with delayed repair and reconstruction should be performed. In a recent study and review of posterior urethral injuries with pelvic frac­tures, immediate open repair was associated with a 49% stricture rate, 21% incontinence rate, and 56% impotence rate. When primary realignment was performed, the stric­ture rate remained at 53%, but the incontinence and impo­tence rate dropped to 5% and 36%, respectively. When suprapubic urinary diversion was the initial management option, the urethral stricture rate rose to 97%, with a 4% incontinence and 19% impotence rate. In a recent retro­spective series by Hadjizacharia etal., 14 patients present­ing with an acute urethral injury were managed with immediate endoscopic realignment (IER), compared to seven patients treated with delayed (open) therapy. The out­comes of the study showed the immediate realignment group to have a lower rate of stricture formation (14%) compared to the delayed therapy group (100%). In addi­tion, the authors found a shorter time to spontaneous void­ing in the immediate realignment group (35 ± 23 days) compared to the delayed therapy group (229±79days). A long-term review at the same institution had similar results. Thirty-ve patients with posterior, acute urethral injury underwent immediate endoscopic realignment. Five of these patients had penetrating injury as the mechanism. After 18months, the rate of stricture formation was stable at 17%. Only three of the six patients who developed stric­ture required urethroplasty, and none of the patients with penetrating mechanism went on to develop stricture. In general, no single treatment protocol will t each patient perfectly. Therefore, the overall clinical status of the patient as well as concomitant injuries should be taken into account before nal management decisions are made. These same complications do not apply to penetrating injuries, with the exception of stricture rates. The high impotence and incon­tinence rates are more specic to the nature of the pelvic
fracture injury. Penetrating injuries are more common in the anterior urethra, with less disruption of the surrounding neurovascular bundles.
Immediate surgical repair of posterior urethral injuries is indicated in the presence of a concurrent bladder neck or rec­tal injury to prevent subsequent urinary incontinence, stula formation, or persistent leak. Urinary continence is a func­tion of both the internal and external sphincter mechanisms. Posterior urethral injuries are usually associated with dam­age to the external sphincter mechanism for urinary conti­nence. This would leave the internal sphincter, located at the bladder neck, as the only remaining source of urinary conti­nence. For this reason, any bladder neck injuries should be explored and repaired immediately; without proper repair and reapproximation of the sphincter, eventual urinary incontinence is almost guaranteed. In the absence of a blad­der neck or rectal injury, posterior urethral injuries should be managed with temporary urinary diversion via suprapubic or urethral catheter placement. The placement of a urethral catheter in the presence of a urethral injury is called immedi­ate endoscopic (or primary) realignment (IER). Regardless of mechanism, posterior urethral injuries are initially man­aged with an attempt at immediate endoscopic realignment. Traverse the normal urethral mucosa by using exible cys­toscopy with low-ow irrigation. Once you reach the site of injury, the cystoscope is often successful in identifying some normal mucosa or the other side of the defect (Fig. 55.3). Once across the defect and into the bladder with the cysto­scope, advance a guidewire into the bladder. Then remove the cystoscope and place a Council tip Foley catheter over the wire and into the bladder. This allows urethral drainage without necessitating surgery. The majority will heal without signicant stricture. If attempts at IER are unsuccessful, a suprapubic tube can be placed, followed by delayed deni­tive repair.
Anterior urethral injuries can also be repaired early on with open surgery, especially in the setting of low-velocity penetrating injuries where major tissue destruction has not occurred. In the presence of major tissue destruction, exces­sive and often inadvertent tissue debridement may take place, which can further the risk of ischemic stricture development. In cases of anterior urethral repair for pendulous urethral injuries, approach with a circumcision/degloving penile inci­sion and proceed to local debridement of nonviable tissue, spatulation of the two urethral ends, and a tension-free anas­tomosis of the lacerated corpus spongiosum and urethra with interrupted absorbable sutures over a 14–16 Fr urethral cath­eter. For bulbar urethral injuries, place the patient in the dor­sal lithotomy position, and make a vertical perineal incision to gain access to the bulbar urethra. Carry a tension-free ure­thral anastomosis; perform it over a 16–18 Fr catheter in this relatively dilated portion of the urethra. Keep the catheter in place for a minimum of 10–14days, and perform a pericath-
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Fig. 55.3 Once you reach the site of urethral injury, the cystoscope is often successful in identifying some normal mucosa or the other side of the defect
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eter RUG prior to removal to ensure no further extravasation. The presence of extravasation warrants continued catheter drainage.
Urinary diversion with delayed repair is another manage­ment option, especially when the patient is too unstable for surgery or if the injury is very posterior. If IER fails, urinary diversion can be performed with suprapubic cystostomy tube placement (percutaneous versus open). Open suprapubic cystostomy placement will guarantee placement into the bladder, allow concomitant bladder repair if present, and allow bladder neck reconstruction if an injury is found. Open tube placement will also allow antegrade urethral endoscopy and urethral catheter placement if initial catheter placement or retrograde urethroscopy failed to reach the bladder. The other option for suprapubic cystostomy tube placement is a percutaneous kit, which is less invasive than the open supra­pubic tube placement and can be performed under mild seda­tion. Blind urethral catheter placement, on the other hand, can be attempted in the setting of small, partial lacerations, and in general should be avoided because of the risk of trans­forming a partial laceration to a full circumferential transec­tion. Again, we emphasize obtaining an RUG if any index of suspicion for urethral injury is present. However, the catheter can be safely placed under direct visualization with retro­grade urethroscopy and catheter placement over a wire. As an alternative, antegrade urethroscopy can be performed at the time of open pelvic surgery or during repair of a con­comitant bladder rupture with passage of the scope down the urethra and out of the meatus. This will allow tying of a cath­eter to the cystoscope with a silk suture or over a wire and retrograde passage of the catheter into the bladder as the cys­toscope is withdrawn.
In summary, penetrating injuries to the urethra, testicles, and external genitalia usually take the form of gunshot and
stab wounds. The importance of the mechanism of injury cannot be overemphasized, and combined with a very thor­ough and detailed physical examination, it will lead the diag­nostician to the correct diagnosis. If ever in doubt, or the mechanism does not seem correct, perform radiological studies to further delineate any underlying injuries, which may of course change the course of management. Other life­threatening injuries should always maintain a higher priority, but it is the responsibility of the trauma and urology team to work together and maintain effective communication to deliver the best possible care.
Important Points
• An Inferior Vena Cava (IVP) or CAT Scan (CT) alone is not always reliable to demonstrate bladder rupture. This requires a high-pressure cystogram.
• Undiagnosed bladder rupture in the presence of pelvic fracture can lead to serious complications.
• Urethral injury can be associated with rupture of the bladder.
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Abdominal vascular insults are among the most lethal inju­ries caused by penetrating trauma. Not infrequently, multiple concomitant vascular injuries, including arterial, can be encountered in addition to associated injuries to nonvascular viscera. The incidence of major abdominal veins injured in descending order includes the inferior vena cava (IVC), external iliac veins, renal veins, common iliac veins, superior mesenteric vein (SMV), internal iliac veins, portal vein, splenic vein, hepatic veins, inferior mesenteric vein (IMV), and retrohepatic vena cava.
Victims of penetrating vascular trauma may present with complete or relative hemodynamic stability if there is con­tainment of the retroperitoneal vascular injury. If, however, the vascular lesion is bleeding freely into the peritoneal cav­ity, the patient will present unstable. Most often, a combina­tion of free hemorrhage and partial containment is encountered. The presence of shock mandates immediate exploratory laparotomy after obtaining a baseline type and crossmatch, complete blood count (CBC), and coagulation prole. Chest and abdominal plain radiographs with entry and exit markers (electrocardiogram (ECG) electrodes, paper clips) in the emergency department (ED) can be quickly obtained to help delineate the trajectory of the offending missile and structures at risk. When a vascular injury is sus­pected, time is of paramount importance, and surgeon’s experience is reected by the speed at which the patient is rushed to the OR. Only amateurs walk to the OR with a hypotensive victim of penetrating trauma. Besides hypoten­sion, peritonitis also mandates an emergent trip to the operat-
P. Talving (*) ·S. Saar Division of Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery, North Estonian Medical Center, Tallinn, Estonia
Department of Surgery, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia e-mail: peep.talving@regionaalhaigla.ee
K. Inaba Division of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, Department of Surgery, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, LAC + USC Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA e-mail: kinaba@surgery.usc.edu
ing room. A study from one of the largest Level 1 trauma centers in the USA noted that a hemodynamically stable cohort of patients sustaining a penetrating abdominal injury presenting with peritonitis as the sole indication for laparot­omy had an intra- abdominal vascular injury rate of 11%, with subsequent intraoperative hypotension and a transfu­sion requirement seen in 25% and 39%, respectively.
Finally, patients presenting in extremis or in cardiac arrest will be subjected to resuscitative thoracotomy in the ED as described in Chap. 16. The need for thoracotomy, however, reects a dire physiological state, and very few patients sub­jected to resuscitative thoracotomy for a subdiaphragmatic vascular injury are expected to survive. In the recent decade, resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta (REBOA) has been introduced for selected patients as an alternative to aortic cross clamping. REBOA does not allow direct cardiac resuscitation; however, it provides minimally invasive aortic occlusion. In penetrating abdominal vascular injury, Zone I of the aorta is the target for aortic occlusion.
Do not spend excessive time inserting intravenous lines in the ED if not necessary. Do not induce anesthesia in the ED as this will result in a pharmacological sympathectomy, and your patient may arrest before reaching the OR.Do notify the blood bank early about a possible massive transfusion protocol while rushing the patient to the OR.From the ED, alert the OR that an emergency laparotomy is on its way, allowing the preparation of both a vascular and a sternotomy/ thoracotomy tray, xed retractor system to optimize expo­sure, headlights, two suction devices, lots of laparotomy pads, and a primed autotransfusion device. Large bore venous access above the diaphragm must be obtained in the OR.With the potential of iliac vein or IVC injury, obtaining venous access in the groin may result in your massive trans­fusion efforts ending up in the abdominal cavity or in the retroperitoneal space. Infuse blood products early with blood loss because excessive administration of crystalloids will dilute clotting factors resulting in coagulopathy and rebleed­ing, in addition to predisposing your patient to a systemic inammatory response as well as subsequent abdominal
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compartment syndrome. Ensure that the rst blood draw for typing is sent to the lab as soon as possible in order to expe­dite the release of type-specic or ideally fully matched blood. This will allow the conservation of uncrossmatched blood. We maintain a ready supply of prethawed liquid plasma, which is dispensed as type specic. As soon as this is dispensed, more is thawed to replace the units removed from the blood bank. They are sent in a cooler to prevent the wastage of those units not used. One OR nurse is designated as the blood coordinator to ensure that accurate two-way communication occurs, facilitating delivery while decreas­ing wastage. When the massive transfusion protocol is required, i.e., more than six units of red blood cells within 24h of admission, the transfusion practice should aim for a 1:1:1 ratio of red blood cells, plasma, and platelets, respec­tively. Per the emerging evidence, cold-stored low-titer group O whole blood is making comeback and may be a signicant benet in exsanguinating patients as it seems to be safe, saves time to replace the lost volume and all components are delivered in the whole blood units.
In the OR, the patient should be prepared with their arms abducted at 90° and the skin cleaned from the chin to the knees to allow maximal exibility in access. The skin and fascia are divided along its full length from the xiphoid pro­cess to the symphysis, also called “from Cape to Cairo” incision. Once anesthesia is prepared for hypotension, you can go ahead and decompress the hemoperitoneum, which may induce signicant bleeding and hypotension. You should at this point eviscerate the small bowel, scoop the blood and clots out of the peritoneal cavity, and apply direct pressure on the site of hemorrhage with laparotomy pads. If not localizable, four-quadrant packing may be used. In severe hypotension, consider aortic inow control by com­pressing the aorta with your thumb and index nger at the aortic hiatus below the left hepatic lobe. To apply a vascular clamp at the hiatus is quite ineffective due to the diffuse neuronal tissue around the aorta causing the clamp to slide off the aorta. Dividing the left diaphragmatic crus with long Metzenbaum scissors at 2 o’clock exposes the very distal thoracic aorta that has no surrounding neurobrous tissue and allows clamp placement. Try not to attempt aortic inow control by making an additional incision into the left chest as these patients are already cold and coagulopathic. If resuscitative thoracotomy was performed in the ED, the aor­tic clamp should already be controlling inow. Autotransfusion of shed blood from the peritoneal cavity is controversial with a concomitant hollow viscus injury; how­ever, for vascular injuries, if cell salvage is available, this should be utilized.
Your next step is to identify major injuries with vascular lesions taking precedence. The retroperitoneum is broken
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Fig. 56.1 Functional zones of the retroperitoneum
into functional zones (Fig.56.1). With a few exceptions that will be discussed in this chapter, for penetrating injuries, all retroperitoneal hematomas are explored. Zone I is the central zone divided into supramesocolic and inframesocolic regions, which extends from the aortic hiatus to the sacral promontory containing the aorta and major branches, IVC with its major tributaries, portal vein, SMV, and central renal vessels. Zone II contains the renal hilum and parenchyma and Zone III the iliac vessels. A sophisticated trauma sur­geon may also dene a Zone IV in the retrohepatic space behind the liver containing the retrohepatic IVC and hepatic veins. This is an area you should avoid exploring unless your patient is exsanguinating from a decompressed retrohepatic venous injury. Retrohepatic IVC injuries are associated with a very high mortality rate, and there are no series available to convincingly support any recommendation over avoiding the exposure of these structures if at all possible. If contained, it is best to do nothing. If uncontained, the goal should be to pack and institute damage control. If packing does not pre­vent exsanguination, try repacking. If this does not work, desperate alternatives such as total hepatic exclusion with atrio-caval shunting may be considered. Although there are multiple case reports describing atrio-caval shunting, very few survivors attest to the devastating nature of this injury.
Right gonadal
internal iliac v v.
Suprahepatic
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Once an intra-abdominal venous injury is identied, you should immediately be planning out your potential operative strategies: to ligate the injured vessel, to shunt it, or to attempt to repair it. All major abdominal veins are depicted in Fig.56.2 and Table56.1 and marked as amenable for liga-
Fig. 56.2 Ligatable (white), potentially ligatable (gray), and preferably non-ligatable abdominal veins (black)
Portal v.
tion with relative impunity, ligate with consideration, and ligate in life-threatening scenarios only. All treatment deci­sions must be made in the context of the patient’s physiologi­cal condition at the time of laparotomy.
IVC
Hepatic v.
Splenic v.
SMV
Right renal v.
v.
Right common iliac v.
Right external iliac v.
IVC
IVC
Right and left
Inferior mesenteric
Left renal v.
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Left gonadal v.
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Table 56.1 Quick overview of management options while dealing with abdominal veins
Ligate with impunity Recommendation Infrarenal IVC Wrap and elevate lower
Common iliac vein Wrap and elevate lower
External iliac vein Wrap and elevate lower Internal iliac vein Inferior mesenteric vein Splenic vein
Ligate with the following considerations
Right renal vein Right nephrectomy Left renal vein, distal to gonadal
vein Hepatic veins Follow-up liver ischemia
Ligate only in lifesaving scenario
Suprarenal/perirenal IVC Consider renal replacement
Superior mesenteric vein Second look for gut ischemia Portal vein Second look for gut ischemia
extremities
extremity
extremity
Left nephrectomy
therapy
56.1 IVC Injury
Approximately 1 out of every 50 patients with a gunshot wound to the abdomen will have an IVC injury. Prehospital mortality is close to 50%, and the survival of those who reach the hospital alive is reported to range between 20% and 40%. Commonly, injury to the IVC will be associated with multiple visceral injuries. As a rule of thumb, the infrarenal IVC can be ligated, perirenal IVC ligation may result in nephrectomy/nephrectomies, and the suprarenal IVC should be repaired, shunted, and/or packed if at all possible.
56.1.1 Exposure
Injury to the IVC presents at laparotomy with a hematoma or hemorrhage from Zone I, most commonly to the right of the midline. After evacuating the blood from the abdominal cav­ity and direct control of the hemorrhage with compression, consider aortic inow control at the aortic hiatus. The next step is a right medial visceral rotation, which along with a Kocher’s maneuver will expose the entire infrahepatic IVC.This may result in major hemorrhage. For this very rea­son, before visceral rotation, ensure that you have multiple sponges on sticks, vessel loops, vascular clips, laparotomy pads, intravascular occlusion catheters, vascular instruments, and 4-0 vascular sutures on a large needle. Place a xed retractor to maximize exposure, and warn your anesthesia colleagues that, in short order, major hemorrhage may occur. Start the exposure by dividing the avascular colonic perito­neal attachments at the line of Toldt from the ileocecal region up to the hepatic exure (Fig.56.3). With an IVC injury, the
blood will have tracked out laterally completing the majority of the dissection. The Kocher’s maneuver reects the duode­num and the head of the pancreas to the left facilitating the exposure of injuries of the perirenal/suprarenal IVC.Multiple options exist for controlling the IVC hemorrhage. The imme­diate goal is directed digital control of the injury or proximal and distal pressure on the IVC using sponges on a stick. With local control, vessel loops or vascular clamps can be used for more denitive control. With vascular clamps, one must be careful not to cause iatrogenic injuries when dealing with veins. If the injury is small, a side-biting Satinsky clamp may cover the entire length of the injury. Rapid control will mini­mize further blood loss and decrease the chance of air embo­lism. If tolerated, the Trendelenburg position prior to denitive repair may also obviate venous air embolism. If bleeding from the IVC continues after proximal and distal occlusion, the cause of bleeding is the lumbar veins. There are four to ve pairs of lumbar veins entering the infrarenal IVC from the posterior aspect of the vessel. To access them, you need to rotate the IVC slightly and apply vascular clips, vessel loops, or ligatures on the lumbar veins. Dividing the lumbar veins after ligation improves the exposure of the pos­terior aspect of the IVC if necessary for repair. In repairing a wound of the perirenal IVC, you will also need to occlude temporarily the renal veins with vessel loops or vascular clamps.
56.1.2 Repair
There are numerous options for repairing the IVC (Fig.56.4). Lateral repair with nonabsorbable monolament suture is your rst-line therapy. When using the side-biting Satinsky clamp, in some settings you may run a suture line on top of the clamp (Fig.56.5). If control was obtained with a lapa­rotomy sponge, roll your compressive pads along the IVC, and, as soon as you identify the vessel wound edges, apply a Babcock clamp to close the visualized segment. Continue rolling your pad followed by the application of additional Babcock clamps until the vein wound is entirely clamped. The suture line can then run under the Babcock clamps removing each as the suture line progresses. In stab wounds, the vein laceration may be amenable for repair without ste­nosis (Fig. 56.6). A missile injury, however, will blow a larger hole into the IVC (Fig.56.7), and lateral repair will cause signicant stenosis of the vessel (Fig.56.8). If this ste­nosis approaches 50%, consider repairing with a polytetra­uoroethylene (PTFE) patch. Always look for a through-and-through injury. Attempt to close posterior wounds by rotating the vessel and ligating and dividing the lumbar veins if required. If this is not possible, another option is to extend the anterior wound and look for a poste­rior wound from within the vessel lumen. However, a repair
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Infrarenal IV
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Common iliac
Fig. 56.5 The side-biting Satinsky clamp is used to control inferior vena cava injury. (Courtesy of Dr. D.Demetriades)
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Fig. 56.6 Knife injury to the infrarenal inferior vena cava repaired with lateral venorrhaphy resulting in about 10% stenosis. (Courtesy of Dr. D.Demetriades)
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Fig. 56.8 Gunshot injury to the infrarenal inferior vena cava repaired with lateral venorrhaphy resulting in about 40% stenosis. (Courtesy of Dr. P.Talving)
from within the vessel lumen is clearly thrombogenic and thus should be deployed only if lateral repair is not amena­ble. You should make every attempt to repair the suprarenal and perirenal IVC as ligation is associated with a high rate of renal failure. You may consider shunting the vessel if repair is not feasible as in a damage control setting. For infrarenal injuries, if the repair is highly complex or the patient is phys­iologically compromised, proceed with early ligation.
56.1.3 Complications
Fig. 56.7 Gunshot injury to the infrarenal inferior vena cava. (Courtesy
of Dr. P.Talving)
The morbidity associated with IVC repair is due to venous stasis below the repair or ligation site. Elevation and wrap­ping of the lower extremities with elastic bandage following surgery, in the OR, will alleviate the edema in the lower extremities. Long-term outcomes are very ill-dened. If there was visible stenosis at the time of repair, you may con­sider thromboprophylaxis once the patient is stabilized in the intensive care unit with low molecular weight heparin.
56.2 Portal Vein Injuries
Portal vein injuries are associated with an extremely high mortality ranging between 40% and 70% among victims who arrive to the ED alive. Associated with the portal vein injury may be injury to the SMV, renal vessels, suprarenal IVC, pancreas, liver, biliary tree, or bowel.
Portal v.
Hepatic a.
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56.2.1 Exposure
The portal vein starts at the conuence of the SMV and splenic vein behind the neck of the pancreas. After coursing behind the rst portion of the duodenum, it enters the poste­rior aspect of the hepatoduodenal ligament. When dealing with a portal vein injury, you will notice either a hematoma or brisk dark hemorrhage in the supramesocolic central ret­roperitoneum either at the mesenteric root or in the hepato­duodenal ligament. Also, there may be massive bleeding from the wound in the pancreatic neck or head. Such venous bleeding can originate either from the suprarenal IVC or por­tal vein. Most commonly, portal vein injuries are combined with an injury to the suprarenal IVC. Again, you must be ready to obtain rapid local control of the vascular injury. The vast majority of those who reach the OR alive will exsangui­nate during the exploration while unroong the hematoma. Your primary aim is to arrest the bleeding by applying local compression and if required controlling the aortic inow at the hiatus. Parallel to this, volume restoration with blood products requires constant communication with the anesthe­sia team. To approach the portal vein for suprapancreatic or retropancreatic injuries, the same exposure principles apply. Start with a right medial visceral rotation followed by a Kocher maneuver, which exposes the posterior and lateral aspects of the suprapancreatic portal vein (Fig.56.9). While
progressing with exposure, you are looking for three “Bs”: blood, bile, and/or bubbles consistent with bleeding, biliary tree, and/or duodenal injury, respectively. Divide the cystic duct, and attempt to obtain vascular control by identifying the injury and applying vascular clamps proximally and dis­tally. Avoid iatrogenic injuries to the hepatic artery and com­mon bile duct. Whereas many experienced trauma surgeons would discourage pancreatic division unless the injury has already been done so, if exposure does not allow the visualization of the injury, stapled pancreatic division may be required.
56.2.2 Repair Versus Ligation
Always stay in damage control mode while dealing with these potentially lethal injuries. The goal is lateral venorrha­phy or, if this is not possible, ligate immediately. Important is to make an immediate decision about one technique to control the injury as there is no time for a second attempt. Clinical evidence is available that survival rates are reason­able when the ligation is done in very early stages of inter­vention. Ligation of the portal vein requires that the hepatic artery be intact. If not, options include for the stable patient an interposition graft of the saphenous vein and, if not, shunt­ing with delayed reconstruction.
Fig. 56.9 Access to the portal vein
Bile
duct
IVC
Right
kidney
Duodenum