Injury
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Recent studies on hybrid operating rooms (ORs) have mainly reported their applications in orthopaedic surgery and interventional radiology (IR); there are few studies assessing severely injured patients who underwent IR or surgery in hybrid ORs for haemostasis. Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate our early experience with the use of hybrid OR to control haemorrhage in severe trauma patients. ⋯ Although the hybrid OR may be used for haemostasis in severely injured patients, the long median time from ER arrival to the start of a haemostatic procedure in hybrid OR indicates the need for a new workflow to reduce this time and to facilitate hybrid OR use.
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Pancreatic trauma (PT) involving the main pancreatic duct is rare, but represents a challenging clinical problem with relevant morbidity and mortality. It is generally classified according to the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma (AAST) and often presents as concomitant injury in blunt or penetrating abdominal trauma. Diagnosis may be delayed because of a lack of clinical or radiological manifestation. Treatment options for main pancreatic duct injuries comprise highly complex surgical procedures. ⋯ Often extension of diagnostics including MRI and/or ERP at an early stage is necessary to guide clinical decision-making. If, due to main duct injuries, surgical therapy for PT is required, we suggest consideration of an organ preservative pancreatogastrostomy in grade III/IV trauma of the pancreatic body or tail.
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Antibiotic administration, severity of injury, and debridement are associated with surgical site infection (SSI) after internal fixation of open fractures. We sought to validate a time-dependent treatment effect of antibiotic administration. ⋯ Antibiotic administration greater than 120 minutes after ED presentation of an open fracture was associated with an increased risk of SSI.
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Emergency resuscitative thoracotomy (ERT) is a lifesaving procedure for select indications in severely injured patients. The main body of the literature stem from regions with a high prevalence of penetrating injuries, while data from European institutions remain scarce. We aimed to evaluate a decade of ERT in a Norwegian trauma centre. ⋯ In this study, ERT conferred good outcome with survival in one of every five procedures. Performing ERT in severely injured patients presenting in extremis appears to be justified even in low-volume centres and in blunt trauma.
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To determine characteristics of occupational-related open globe injury (OGI) in a tertiary referral centre within an agricultural activity endemic area. ⋯ The majority of occupational-related OGI in this study were related to agricultural work. A high incidence of injuries during mowing and a high frequency of IOFB should be considered when discussing guidelines and public recognition should be raised regarding safety protective measures at work.