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Effect of C-Clamp Application on Hemodynamic Instability in Polytrauma Victims with Pelvic Fracture. MEDICINA (KAUNAS, LITHUANIA) 2022; 58:medicina58091291. [PMID: 36143972 PMCID: PMC9503952 DOI: 10.3390/medicina58091291] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2022] [Revised: 09/03/2022] [Accepted: 09/13/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Background and Objectives: C-clamp application may reduce mortality in patients with unstable pelvic fractures and hemodynamic instability. Decreasing C-clamp use over the past decades may have resulted from concerns about its effectiveness and safety. The purpose of this study was to document effective hemodynamic stabilization after C-clamp application by means of vital parameters (primary outcome parameter), and the subsequent effect on metabolic indices and volume management (secondary outcome parameters). Materials and Methods: C-clamp application was performed between 2014 and 2021 for n = 13 patients (50 ± 18 years) with unstable pelvic fractures and hemodynamic instability. Vital parameters, metabolic indices, volume management, and the correlation of factors and potential changes were analyzed. Results: After C-clamp application, increases were measured in systolic blood pressure (+15 mmHg; p = 0.0284) and mean arterial pressure (+12 mmHg; p = 0.0157), and a reduction of volume requirements (p = 0.0266) and bolus vasoactive medication needs (p = 0.0081) were observed. The earlier C-clamp application was performed, the greater the effect (p < 0.05; r > 0.6). Heart rate, shock index, and end-tidal CO2 were not significantly altered. The extent of base deficit, hemoglobin, and lactate did not correlate with changes in vital parameters. Conclusions: In the majority of hemodynamically unstable trauma patients not responding to initial fluid resuscitation and severe pelvic fracture, early C-clamp application had an additive effect on hemodynamic stabilization and reduction in volume substitution. Based on these findings, there is still a rationale for considering early C-clamp stabilization in this group of severely injured patients.
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Spahn DR, Bouillon B, Cerny V, Duranteau J, Filipescu D, Hunt BJ, Komadina R, Maegele M, Nardi G, Riddez L, Samama CM, Vincent JL, Rossaint R. The European guideline on management of major bleeding and coagulopathy following trauma: fifth edition. Crit Care 2019; 23:98. [PMID: 30917843 PMCID: PMC6436241 DOI: 10.1186/s13054-019-2347-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 688] [Impact Index Per Article: 137.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2018] [Accepted: 02/06/2019] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Severe traumatic injury continues to present challenges to healthcare systems around the world, and post-traumatic bleeding remains a leading cause of potentially preventable death among injured patients. Now in its fifth edition, this document aims to provide guidance on the management of major bleeding and coagulopathy following traumatic injury and encourages adaptation of the guiding principles described here to individual institutional circumstances and resources. METHODS The pan-European, multidisciplinary Task Force for Advanced Bleeding Care in Trauma was founded in 2004, and the current author group included representatives of six relevant European professional societies. The group applied a structured, evidence-based consensus approach to address scientific queries that served as the basis for each recommendation and supporting rationale. Expert opinion and current clinical practice were also considered, particularly in areas in which randomised clinical trials have not or cannot be performed. Existing recommendations were re-examined and revised based on scientific evidence that has emerged since the previous edition and observed shifts in clinical practice. New recommendations were formulated to reflect current clinical concerns and areas in which new research data have been generated. RESULTS Advances in our understanding of the pathophysiology of post-traumatic coagulopathy have supported improved management strategies, including evidence that early, individualised goal-directed treatment improves the outcome of severely injured patients. The overall organisation of the current guideline has been designed to reflect the clinical decision-making process along the patient pathway in an approximate temporal sequence. Recommendations are grouped behind the rationale for key decision points, which are patient- or problem-oriented rather than related to specific treatment modalities. While these recommendations provide guidance for the diagnosis and treatment of major bleeding and coagulopathy, emerging evidence supports the author group's belief that the greatest outcome improvement can be achieved through education and the establishment of and adherence to local clinical management algorithms. CONCLUSIONS A multidisciplinary approach and adherence to evidence-based guidance are key to improving patient outcomes. If incorporated into local practice, these clinical practice guidelines have the potential to ensure a uniform standard of care across Europe and beyond and better outcomes for the severely bleeding trauma patient.
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- Donat R. Spahn
- Institute of Anaesthesiology, University of Zurich and University Hospital Zurich, Raemistrasse 100, CH-8091 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery, Cologne-Merheim Medical Centre (CMMC), University of Witten/Herdecke, Ostmerheimer Strasse 200, D-51109 Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Anaesthesiology, Perioperative Medicine and Intensive Care, J.E. Purkinje University, Masaryk Hospital, Usti nad Labem, Socialni pece 3316/12A, CZ-40113 Usti nad Labem, Czech Republic
- Centre for Research and Development, University Hospital Hradec Kralove, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, Sokolska 581, CZ-50005 Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic
- Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Kralove, Charles University, Simkova 870, CZ-50003 Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic
- Department of Anaesthesia, Pain Management and Perioperative Medicine, QE II Health Sciences Centre, Dalhousie University, Halifax, 10 West Victoria, 1276 South Park St, Halifax, NS B3H 2Y9 Canada
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- Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Hôpitaux Universitaires Paris Sud, University of Paris XI, Faculté de Médecine Paris-Sud, 78 rue du Général Leclerc, F-94275 Le Kremlin-Bicêtre Cedex, France
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- Department of Cardiac Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, C. C. Iliescu Emergency Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Sos Fundeni 256-258, RO-022328 Bucharest, Romania
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- King’s College and Departments of Haematology and Pathology, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, Westminster Bridge Road, London, SE1 7EH UK
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- Department of Traumatology, General and Teaching Hospital Celje, Medical Faculty Ljubljana University, SI-3000 Celje, Slovenia
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- Department of Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery, Cologne-Merheim Medical Centre (CMMC), Institute for Research in Operative Medicine (IFOM), University of Witten/Herdecke, Ostmerheimer Strasse 200, D-51109 Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Anaesthesia and ICU, AUSL della Romagna, Infermi Hospital Rimini, Viale Settembrini, 2, I-47924 Rimini, Italy
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- Department of Surgery and Trauma, Karolinska University Hospital, S-171 76 Solna, Sweden
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- Hotel-Dieu University Hospital, 1, place du Parvis de Notre-Dame, F-75181 Paris Cedex 04, France
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- Department of Intensive Care, Erasme University Hospital, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Route de Lennik 808, B-1070 Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Anaesthesiology, University Hospital Aachen, RWTH Aachen University, Pauwelsstrasse 30, D-52074 Aachen, Germany
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BACKGROUND In the treatment of complex pelvic fractures hemorrhage control is of primary importance; however, studies regarding the localization of bleeding are contradictory so that various treatment approaches are recommended. The primary aim of external pelvic compression applied in the trauma room is to reduce the pelvic volume and counteract blood loss through self-induced tamponade. This study examined the influence of external pelvic compression on mortality and outcome in cases of hemodynamically unstable pelvic fractures in a larger number of cases. MATERIAL AND METHODS The current study used the TraumaRegister DGU® (TR-DGU) to retrospectively evaluate the records of 104 patients treated between 2002 and 2011. All patients suffered severe injury with an injury severity score (ISS) of at least 16 points. In addition, the patients were hemodynamically unstable with confirmed relevant isolated pelvic injuries. To evaluate the effectiveness of external pelvic compression, patients with and without external pelvic stabilization were compared. RESULTS Of the investigated patients 26.9 % died of their injuries and of these the mortality was 78.6 % within the first 6 h of admission to the trauma room. External pelvic stabilization was performed in 45.2 % of patients. The mortality was 19.1 % in patients with external pelvic stabilization and in contrast, the mortality in the group of patients without external pelvic stabilization was 33.3 %. During the course of hospitalization, surviving patients with external pelvic stabilization were significantly more likely to develop sepsis or multiple organ failure and required longer periods of intensive care. CONCLUSION External pelvic stabilization seems to be an important instrument for the initial treatment of hemodynamically unstable pelvic fractures and showed a positive effect on patient mortality.
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Coccolini F, Stahel PF, Montori G, Biffl W, Horer TM, Catena F, Kluger Y, Moore EE, Peitzman AB, Ivatury R, Coimbra R, Fraga GP, Pereira B, Rizoli S, Kirkpatrick A, Leppaniemi A, Manfredi R, Magnone S, Chiara O, Solaini L, Ceresoli M, Allievi N, Arvieux C, Velmahos G, Balogh Z, Naidoo N, Weber D, Abu-Zidan F, Sartelli M, Ansaloni L. Pelvic trauma: WSES classification and guidelines. World J Emerg Surg 2017; 12:5. [PMID: 28115984 PMCID: PMC5241998 DOI: 10.1186/s13017-017-0117-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 216] [Impact Index Per Article: 30.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2016] [Accepted: 01/12/2017] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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Complex pelvic injuries are among the most dangerous and deadly trauma related lesions. Different classification systems exist, some are based on the mechanism of injury, some on anatomic patterns and some are focusing on the resulting instability requiring operative fixation. The optimal treatment strategy, however, should keep into consideration the hemodynamic status, the anatomic impairment of pelvic ring function and the associated injuries. The management of pelvic trauma patients aims definitively to restore the homeostasis and the normal physiopathology associated to the mechanical stability of the pelvic ring. Thus the management of pelvic trauma must be multidisciplinary and should be ultimately based on the physiology of the patient and the anatomy of the injury. This paper presents the World Society of Emergency Surgery (WSES) classification of pelvic trauma and the management Guidelines.
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- Federico Coccolini
- General, Emergency and Trauma Surgery, Papa Giovanni XXIII Hospital, P.zza OMS 1, 24128 Bergamo, Italy
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery and Department of Neurosurgery, Denver Health Medical Center and University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, CO USA
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- General, Emergency and Trauma Surgery, Papa Giovanni XXIII Hospital, P.zza OMS 1, 24128 Bergamo, Italy
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- Acute Care Surgery, The Queen's Medical Center, Honolulu, HI USA
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- Dept. of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery & Dept. Of Surgery Örebro University Hospital and Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden
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- Emergency and Trauma Surgery, Maggiore Hospital, Parma, Italy
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- Division of General Surgery Rambam Health Care Campus Haifa, Haifa, Israel
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- Surgery Department, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pensylvania USA
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- Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA USA
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- Department of Surgery, UC San Diego Health System, San Diego, USA
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- Faculdade de Ciências Médicas (FCM) - Unicamp, Campinas, SP Brazil
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- Trauma & Acute Care Service, St Michael's Hospital, Toronto, ON Canada
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- General, Acute Care, Abdominal Wall Reconstruction, and Trauma Surgery Foothills Medical Centre, Calgary, AB Canada
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- Abdominal Center, University Hospital Meilahti, Helsinki, Finland
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- General, Emergency and Trauma Surgery, Papa Giovanni XXIII Hospital, P.zza OMS 1, 24128 Bergamo, Italy
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- General, Emergency and Trauma Surgery, Papa Giovanni XXIII Hospital, P.zza OMS 1, 24128 Bergamo, Italy
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- Emergency and Trauma Surgery, Niguarda Hospital, Milan, Italy
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- General, Emergency and Trauma Surgery, Papa Giovanni XXIII Hospital, P.zza OMS 1, 24128 Bergamo, Italy
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- General, Emergency and Trauma Surgery, Papa Giovanni XXIII Hospital, P.zza OMS 1, 24128 Bergamo, Italy
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- General, Emergency and Trauma Surgery, Papa Giovanni XXIII Hospital, P.zza OMS 1, 24128 Bergamo, Italy
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- Digestive and Emergency Surgery, UGA-Université Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, France
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- Harvard Medical School, Division of Trauma, Emergency Surgery and Surgical Critical Care Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA USA
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- Department of Traumatology, John Hunter Hospital and University of Newcastle, Newcastle, NSW Australia
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- Department of Surgery, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa
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- Department of General Surgery, Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, Australia
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- Department of Surgery, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, UAE University, Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates
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- General and Emergency Surgery, Macerata Hospital, Macerata, Italy
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- General, Emergency and Trauma Surgery, Papa Giovanni XXIII Hospital, P.zza OMS 1, 24128 Bergamo, Italy
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Rossaint R, Bouillon B, Cerny V, Coats TJ, Duranteau J, Fernández-Mondéjar E, Filipescu D, Hunt BJ, Komadina R, Nardi G, Neugebauer EAM, Ozier Y, Riddez L, Schultz A, Vincent JL, Spahn DR. The European guideline on management of major bleeding and coagulopathy following trauma: fourth edition. Crit Care 2016; 20:100. [PMID: 27072503 PMCID: PMC4828865 DOI: 10.1186/s13054-016-1265-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 597] [Impact Index Per Article: 74.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2016] [Accepted: 03/11/2016] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Severe trauma continues to represent a global public health issue and mortality and morbidity in trauma patients remains substantial. A number of initiatives have aimed to provide guidance on the management of trauma patients. This document focuses on the management of major bleeding and coagulopathy following trauma and encourages adaptation of the guiding principles to each local situation and implementation within each institution. METHODS The pan-European, multidisciplinary Task Force for Advanced Bleeding Care in Trauma was founded in 2004 and included representatives of six relevant European professional societies. The group used a structured, evidence-based consensus approach to address scientific queries that served as the basis for each recommendation and supporting rationale. Expert opinion and current clinical practice were also considered, particularly in areas in which randomised clinical trials have not or cannot be performed. Existing recommendations were reconsidered and revised based on new scientific evidence and observed shifts in clinical practice; new recommendations were formulated to reflect current clinical concerns and areas in which new research data have been generated. This guideline represents the fourth edition of a document first published in 2007 and updated in 2010 and 2013. RESULTS The guideline now recommends that patients be transferred directly to an appropriate trauma treatment centre and encourages use of a restricted volume replacement strategy during initial resuscitation. Best-practice use of blood products during further resuscitation continues to evolve and should be guided by a goal-directed strategy. The identification and management of patients pre-treated with anticoagulant agents continues to pose a real challenge, despite accumulating experience and awareness. The present guideline should be viewed as an educational aid to improve and standardise the care of the bleeding trauma patients across Europe and beyond. This document may also serve as a basis for local implementation. Furthermore, local quality and safety management systems need to be established to specifically assess key measures of bleeding control and outcome. CONCLUSIONS A multidisciplinary approach and adherence to evidence-based guidance are key to improving patient outcomes. The implementation of locally adapted treatment algorithms should strive to achieve measureable improvements in patient outcome.
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- Rolf Rossaint
- />Department of Anaesthesiology, University Hospital Aachen, RWTH Aachen University, Pauwelsstrasse 30, 52074 Aachen, Germany
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- />Department of Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery, Witten/Herdecke University, Cologne-Merheim Medical Centre, Ostmerheimer Strasse 200, 51109 Cologne, Germany
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- />Department of Anaesthesiology, Perioperative Medicine and Intensive Care, J.E. Purkinje University, Masaryk Hospital, Usti nad Labem, Socialni pece 3316/12A, 40113 Usti nad Labem, Czech Republic
- />Department of Research and Development, Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Kralove, Sokolska 581, 50005 Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic
- />Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Kralove, Sokolska 581, 50005 Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic
- />Department of Anaesthesia, Pain Management and Perioperative Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, QE II Health Sciences Centre, 10 West Victoria, 1276 South Park St., Halifax, NS B3H 2Y9 Canada
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- />Emergency Medicine Academic Group, University of Leicester, University Road, Leicester, LE1 7RH UK
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- />Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Hôpitaux Universitaires Paris Sud, University of Paris XI, Faculté de Médecine Paris-Sud, 78 rue du Général Leclerc, 94275 Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, Cedex France
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- />Servicio de Medicina Intensiva, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Granada, ctra de Jaén s/n, 18013 Granada, Spain
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- />Department of Cardiac Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, C. C. Iliescu Emergency Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Sos Fundeni 256-258, 022328 Bucharest, Romania
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- />King’s College, Departments of Haematology, Pathology and Lupus, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, Westminster Bridge Road, London, SE1 7EH UK
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- />Department of Traumatology, General and Teaching Hospital Celje, Oblakova 5, 3000 Celje, Slovenia
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- />Shock and Trauma Centre, S. Camillo Hospital, Viale Gianicolense 87, 00152 Rome, Italy
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- />Faculty of Health - School of Medicine, Witten/Herdecke University, Ostmerheimer Strasse 200, Building 38, 51109 Cologne, Germany
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- />Division of Anaesthesia, Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine, Brest University Hospital, Boulevard Tanguy Prigent, 29200 Brest, France
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- />Department of Surgery and Trauma, Karolinska University Hospital, 171 76 Solna, Sweden
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- />Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Experimental and Clinical Traumatology, Lorenz Boehler Trauma Centre, Donaueschingenstrasse 13, 1200 Vienna, Austria
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- />Department of Intensive Care, Erasme University Hospital, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Route de Lennik 808, 1070 Brussels, Belgium
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- />Institute of Anaesthesiology, University of Zurich and University Hospital Zurich, Raemistrasse 100, 8091 Zurich, Switzerland
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Wollgarten M, Keel MJB, Pape HC. Editorial: Emergency fixation of the pelvic ring using the pelvic C clamp--has anything changed? Injury 2015; 46 Suppl 3:S1-2. [PMID: 26458292 DOI: 10.1016/s0020-1383(15)30002-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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- Matthius Wollgarten
- Department of Orthopaedic, Hand, Reconstructive and Trauma Surgery, Aachen Medical Center, 52074 Aachen, Germany; Harald Tscherne Laboratory at Aachen Medical Center, University of Bern, Inselspital, 30110 Bern, Switzerland
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- Dept. of Orthopaedics and Trauma, University of Bern, Inselspital, 30110 Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Orthopaedic, Hand, Reconstructive and Trauma Surgery, Aachen Medical Center, 52074 Aachen, Germany
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The treatment of severely injured trauma patients (polytrauma) is one of the outstanding challenges in medical care. Early in the initial course the patient's diagnostics have to be scrupulously reevaluated by an interdisciplinary team (tertiary trauma survey) to reduce deleterious sequelae of missed injuries after the initial assessment. Severely injured patients stay in intensive care for an average of 11 days. During this time the patient's therapy has to ensure a high quality evidence-based intensive care treatment and simultaneously has to be tailored to the current individual injuries. Because of the fact that the damage control strategy is gaining increasing acceptance, the intensive care unit plays a pivotal role in the critical time between emergency and elective surgery. Therefore a close cooperation between physicians of the intensive care unit and all surgical disciplines involved is essential to reach the aim of therapeutic efforts. After survival of emergency treatment patients with severe trauma should be reintegrated into social and occupational life as soon as possible.
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Rossaint R, Bouillon B, Cerny V, Coats TJ, Duranteau J, Fernández-Mondéjar E, Hunt BJ, Komadina R, Nardi G, Neugebauer E, Ozier Y, Riddez L, Schultz A, Stahel PF, Vincent JL, Spahn DR. Management of bleeding following major trauma: an updated European guideline. Crit Care 2010; 14:R52. [PMID: 20370902 PMCID: PMC2887168 DOI: 10.1186/cc8943] [Citation(s) in RCA: 468] [Impact Index Per Article: 33.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2010] [Revised: 03/23/2010] [Accepted: 04/06/2010] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION Evidence-based recommendations are needed to guide the acute management of the bleeding trauma patient, which when implemented may improve patient outcomes. METHODS The multidisciplinary Task Force for Advanced Bleeding Care in Trauma was formed in 2005 with the aim of developing a guideline for the management of bleeding following severe injury. This document presents an updated version of the guideline published by the group in 2007. Recommendations were formulated using a nominal group process, the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) hierarchy of evidence and based on a systematic review of published literature. RESULTS Key changes encompassed in this version of the guideline include new recommendations on coagulation support and monitoring and the appropriate use of local haemostatic measures, tourniquets, calcium and desmopressin in the bleeding trauma patient. The remaining recommendations have been reevaluated and graded based on literature published since the last edition of the guideline. Consideration was also given to changes in clinical practice that have taken place during this time period as a result of both new evidence and changes in the general availability of relevant agents and technologies. CONCLUSIONS This guideline provides an evidence-based multidisciplinary approach to the management of critically injured bleeding trauma patients.
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- Rolf Rossaint
- Department of Anaesthesiology, University Hospital Aachen, RWTH Aachen University, Pauwelsstrasse 30, 52074 Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Trauma and Orthopedic Surgery, University of Witten/Herdecke, Hospital Cologne Merheim, Ostmerheimerstrasse 200, 51109 Cologne, Germany
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- Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Králové, Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital Hradec Králové, 50005 Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
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- Accident and Emergency Department, University of Leicester, Infirmary Square, Leicester LE1 5WW, UK
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- Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, University of Paris XI, Faculté de Médecine Paris-Sud, 63 rue Gabriel Péri, 94276 Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, University Hospital Virgen de las Nieves, ctra de Jaén s/n, 18013 Granada, Spain
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- Guy's & St Thomas' Foundation Trust, Westminster Bridge Road, London, SE1 7EH, UK
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- Department of Traumatology, General and Teaching Hospital Celje, 3000 Celje, Slovenia
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- Shock and Trauma Center, S. Camillo Hospital, I-00152 Rome, Italy
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- Institute for Research in Operative Medicine (IFOM), Ostmerheimerstrasse 200, 51109 Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Université Paris Descartes, AP-HP Hopital Cochin, Paris, France
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- Department of Surgery and Trauma, Karolinska University Hospital, 171 76 Solna, Sweden
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- Ludwig-Boltzmann-Institute for Experimental and Clinical Traumatology and Lorenz Boehler Trauma Center, Donaueschingenstrasse 13, 1200 Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Department of Neurosurgery, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine, Denver Health Medical Center, 777 Bannock Street, Denver, CO 80204, USA
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- Department of Intensive Care, Erasme University Hospital, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Route de Lennik 808, 1070 Brussels, Belgium
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- Institute of Anesthesiology, University Hospital Zurich, 8091 Zurich, Switzerland
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Szalay G, Meyer C, Schaumberg A, Mann V, Weigand M, Schnettler R. Stabilisierung instabiler Beckenfrakturen mittels pneumatischer Beckenschlinge im Schockraum. Notf Rett Med 2010. [DOI: 10.1007/s10049-009-1216-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Frosch KH, Hingelbaum S, Dresing K, Roessler M, Stürmer KM. [The supra-acetabular pelvic clamp. Emergency treatment for unstable pelvic ring fractures]. Unfallchirurg 2008; 110:521-7. [PMID: 17318312 DOI: 10.1007/s00113-007-1228-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND The anatomic region on the lateral cortex of the ileum, where a palpable groove is formed by angulations of the lateral cortex of the iliac wing, is recommended as the insertion point for the pelvic emergency clamp by many authors. In our opinion this technique often leads to an incomplete closure of the anterior pelvic ring as well as to bacterial contamination of the access for the sacroiliac joint screw fixation and is accompanied by a risk for nerve and vessel injuries. To reduce these risks the pelvic clamp was placed at a supra-acetabular location. The goal of our study was to report on our experiences with the supra-acetabular position of the pelvic emergency clamp and to compare our results with the current literature. MATERIAL AND METHOD From September 1998 to February 2006 the pelvic emergency clamp was applied in 15 polytraumatized patients (9 male, 6 female), with a mean age of 46 years (19-93) and a mean injury severity score (ISS) of 40 points (25-66) with mechanically and hemodynamically unstable pelvic ring fractures. According to the AO classification the injury pattern was type B2 in four cases, type B3 in one case, type C1 in seven cases, type C2 in two cases and type C3 in one case. The pelvic clamp was percutaneously applied 2-3 cm cranial to the acetabular roof. The duration from hospital admission until the pelvic emergency clamp was applied amounted to an average of 54 min (15-150); the procedure itself was performed in all cases in less than 15 min. The mean Hb at arrival in the emergency department was 7.4 (2.4-13.8) mg/dl and the mean systolic blood pressure 69 (0-130) mmHg. RESULTS In 14 patients a complete closure of the anterior and posterior pelvic ring could be achieved; in 1 patient an overcompression of the anterior pelvic ring was observed. Four patients died due to massive bleeding. Three patients with isolated pelvic ring fractures became hemodynamically stable within 20 min after treatment with the supra-acetabular pelvic clamp. Nine patients needed additional emergency surgery because of intracerebral, intrathoracic or intra-abdominal injuries. On average in the first 6 h, 36.7 (9-175) units of erythrocyte concentrates and 34.5 (4-200) units of fresh frozen plasma were transfused. CONCLUSIONS The supra-acetabular pelvic clamp leads to a homogeneous force distribution to the pelvic ring and enables complete closure of the anterior and posterior pelvic ring in unstable pelvic fractures. Reduction of the intrapelvic volume and compression of the posterior pelvic ring can thus be achieved. Risks for intrapelvic perforation or injuries of vessels and nerves are low. No bacterial contamination of the access for the sacroiliac screw fixation occurs. To avoid overcompression of the unstable pelvic ring, manual or radiological control of the closure of the ventral pelvic ring is necessary.
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- K-H Frosch
- Klinik für Unfallchirurgie, Plastische und Wiederherstellungschirurgie, Georg-August-Universität, Robert-Koch-Strasse 40, 37075 Göttingen.
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Spahn DR, Cerny V, Coats TJ, Duranteau J, Fernández-Mondéjar E, Gordini G, Stahel PF, Hunt BJ, Komadina R, Neugebauer E, Ozier Y, Riddez L, Schultz A, Vincent JL, Rossaint R. Management of bleeding following major trauma: a European guideline. Crit Care 2007; 11:R17. [PMID: 17298665 PMCID: PMC2151863 DOI: 10.1186/cc5686] [Citation(s) in RCA: 303] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2006] [Revised: 01/08/2007] [Accepted: 02/13/2007] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION Evidence-based recommendations can be made with respect to many aspects of the acute management of the bleeding trauma patient, which when implemented may lead to improved patient outcomes. METHODS The multidisciplinary Task Force for Advanced Bleeding Care in Trauma was formed in 2005 with the aim of developing guidelines for the management of bleeding following severe injury. Recommendations were formulated using a nominal group process and the GRADE (Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation) hierarchy of evidence and were based on a systematic review of published literature. RESULTS Key recommendations include the following: The time elapsed between injury and operation should be minimised for patients in need of urgent surgical bleeding control, and patients presenting with haemorrhagic shock and an identified source of bleeding should undergo immediate surgical bleeding control unless initial resuscitation measures are successful. A damage control surgical approach is essential in the severely injured patient. Pelvic ring disruptions should be closed and stabilised, followed by appropriate angiographic embolisation or surgical bleeding control, including packing. Patients presenting with haemorrhagic shock and an unidentified source of bleeding should undergo immediate further assessment as appropriate using focused sonography, computed tomography, serum lactate, and/or base deficit measurements. This guideline also reviews appropriate physiological targets and suggested use and dosing of blood products, pharmacological agents, and coagulation factor replacement in the bleeding trauma patient. CONCLUSION A multidisciplinary approach to the management of the bleeding trauma patient will help create circumstances in which optimal care can be provided. By their very nature, these guidelines reflect the current state-of-the-art and will need to be updated and revised as important new evidence becomes available.
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- Donat R Spahn
- Department of Anesthesiology, University Hospital Zurich, Rämistrasse 100, 8091 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Králové, Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital Hradec Králové, Sokolska 581, 50005 Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
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- Leicester Royal Infirmary, Accident and Emergency Department, Infirmary Square, Leicester LE1 5WW, UK
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- Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, University of Paris XI Faculté de Médecine Paris-Sud, 63 rue Gabriel Péri, 94276 Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, University Hospital Virgen de las Nieves, ctra de Jaén s/n, 18013 Granada, Spain
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- Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Ospedale Maggiore, Largo Nigrisoli 2, 40100 Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Denver Health Medical Center, University of Colorado Medical School, 777 Bannock Street, Denver, CO 80204, USA
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- Departments of Haematology, Pathology and Rheumatology, Guy's & St Thomas' Foundation Trust, Lambeth Palace Road, London SE1 7EH, UK
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- Department of Traumatology, General and Teaching Hospital Celje, 3000 Celje, Slovenia
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- Institute for Research in Operative Medicine, University of Witten/Herdecke, Ostmerheimerstrasse 200, 51109 Köln (Merheim), Germany
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- Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Université René Descartes Paris 5, AP-HP, Hopital Cochin, 27 rue du Fbg Saint-Jacques, 75014 Paris, France
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- Department of Surgery and Trauma, Karolinska University Hospital, 171 76 Solna, Sweden
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- Ludwig-Boltzmann-Institute for Experimental and Clinical Traumatology, Donaueschingenstrasse 13, 1200 Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Intensive Care, Erasme Hospital, University of Brussels, Belgium, route de Lennik 808, 1070 Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Anaesthesiology, University Hospital Aachen, Pauwelsstraße 30, 52074 Aachen, Germany
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Tiemann AH, Böhme J, Josten C. Anwendung der Beckenzwinge beim polytraumatisierten Patienten mit instabilem Becken. DER ORTHOPADE 2006; 35:1225-36. [PMID: 17106743 DOI: 10.1007/s00132-006-1008-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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BACKGROUND Unstable fractures of the posterior pelvic ring are frequently combined with severe hemorrhage. In 80% of cases the bleeding originates in the ruptured presacral venous plexus or the fracture itself. Arterial bleeding is less common. The pelvic clamp introduced by Ganz can make it possible to stabilise the pelvis, with subsequent compression of the fracture planes and reduction of the intrapelvic volume in such cases, so improving the prognosis. Use of the pelvic clamp can be integrated into the management in the emergency room with no problem. METHODS This paper presents the authors' own modification of the technique for using the pelvic clamp in the emergency situation when only a clinical examination of the patient has been possible and also analyses specific problems that arise in this situation. To this end, the data relating to 29 polytraumatised patients with unstable posterior pelvic ring fractures were analysed in a retrospective study. RESULTS In all, 8 complications were seen in 6 patients. There were 2 cases of pin malposition and 2 of over-compression of the ossa coxae and local wound problems. Secondary pin dislocation was observed in 1 case. In all these cases it was possible to correct the pelvic clamp, so that emergency stabilisation was practicable without further surgical intervention. Minor complications were found in 2 patients. These took the form of bleeding at the pin-insertion site. In 1 case an unstable transiliacal fracture was found, and in this case it was not possible to stabilise the posterior pelvic ring with the pelvic clamp. No iatrogenic lesions were detected following application of the pelvic clamp. CONCLUSION In the hands of an experienced and practised user application of the pelvic clamp is a safe method for emergency stabilisation of the posterior pelvic ring in polytraumatised patients, even without blood volume control. Problems can be solved and do not generally mean the pelvic clamp cannot be used. The immediate radiological check (e.g. during the emergency CT -scan performed for primary diagnosis) is a must, however.
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- A H Tiemann
- Klinik für Unfall-, Wiederherstellungs- und Plastische Chirurgie, Universität Leipzig, Deutschland.
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Arvieux C, Létoublon C. Laparotomie écourtée pour traitement des traumatismes abdominaux sévères : principes de technique et de tactique chirurgicales. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006. [DOI: 10.1016/s0246-0424(05)38371-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Stahel PF, Heyde CE, Wyrwich W, Ertel W. [Current concepts of polytrauma management: from ATLS to "damage control"]. DER ORTHOPADE 2005; 34:823-36. [PMID: 16078059 DOI: 10.1007/s00132-005-0842-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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In recent years, the implementation of standardized protocols for polytrauma management has led to a significant improvement in trauma care as well as to a decrease in post-traumatic morbidity and mortality. As such, the "Advanced Trauma Life Support" (ATLS) protocol of the American College of Surgeons for the acute management of severely injured patients has been established as a gold standard in most European countries since the 1990s. Continuative concepts to the ATLS program include the "Definitive Surgical Trauma Care" (DSTC) algorithm and the concept of "damage control" surgery for polytraumatized patients with immediate life-threatening injuries. These phase-oriented therapeutic strategies appraise the injured patient of the whole extent of the sustained injuries and are in sharp contrast to previous modalities of "early total care" which advocate immediate definitive surgical intervention. The approach of "damage control" surgery takes into account the influence of systemic post-traumatic inflammatory and metabolic reactions of the organism and is aimed at reducing both the primary and the secondary, delayed, mortality in severely injured patients. The present paper provides an overview of the current state of management algorithms for polytrauma patients, with a focus on the standard concepts of ATLS and "damage control".
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- P F Stahel
- Klinik für Unfall- und Wiederherstellungschirurgie, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Hindenburgdamm 30, 12200 Berlin, Germany.
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Pelvic injuries represent a thorny and stubborn therapeutic challenge. Because major forces are required to fracture the pelvis, pelvic ring disruption, more than any other fracture, can lead to life-threatening associated injuries such as massive bleeding, organ injuries, and open fractures including hemipelvectomy. The rapid diagnosis and effective treatment ("damage control") of those injuries play the key role in the patient's survival, inasmuch as the mortality of multiply injured patients with pelvic ring disruption remains high with 20-35%. Exsanguinating hemorrhage represents the most dreaded acute complication of pelvic injuries. Therefore, diagnostic and therapeutic procedures have to be primarily adapted to the hemodynamics of the patient, secondarily to injuries of the brain and the torso. The time point and the techniques of definitive pelvic ring stabilization may be different in the patient with multiple injuries compared to isolated pelvic ring injuries.
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- T John
- Zentrum für spezielle Chirurgie des Bewegungsapparates, Klinik für Unfall- und Wiederherstellungschirurgie, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Hindenburgdamm 30, 12200 Berlin, Germany.
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Unstable pelvic girdle injury combined with severe pelvis related haemorrhage has a high mortality rate. This prognosis can be improved by using the C-clamp according to Ganz. This can be applied while the life saving measures are in progress, and should, if necessary, be combined with a pelvic tamponade. Due to the limited number of patients, trauma centres have the most experience with this technique. In this contribution, we present our standardised application technique, which allows the use of the procedure through well defined clinically recognisable orientation points in the emergency room.
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- T Pohlemann
- Klinik für Unfall-, Hand- und Wiederherstellungschirurgie, Universitätsklinikum des Saarlandes, Homburg/Saar
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