PMID: 9191674May 1, 1997Paper

Inferior vena cava injuries: noninvasive follow-up of venorrhaphy

The Journal of Trauma
J PorterW M Stahl

Abstract

Recent reports have documented a reduced mortality from injuries to the inferior vena cava (IVC). Few reports, however, have addressed the follow-up of the repaired IVC. From January of 1984 to December of 1995, we prospectively collected data on all patients with IVC injuries at Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center, an urban Level I trauma center. There were 81 patients with IVC injuries: 60 gunshot wounds, 17 stab wounds, and four blunt injuries. Overall, 45 patients survived (56%). Excluding those who arrived without vital signs and those who did not have emergency department thoracotomies, the survival was 68%. Of the survivors, 38 patients received lateral venorrhaphy, and seven patients underwent ligation. Of the 38 survivors with lateral venorrhaphy, 30 patients (79%) underwent noninvasive follow-up: 13 patients by sonography, 11 patients by computed tomographic scan, and six patients by both modalities. The IVC was visualized in 28 patients (93%) and was found to be patent in 24 (86%). There were four thromboses documented noninvasively, with three cases being confirmed by contrast venorrhaphy. All three resolved with systemic anticoagulation. We conclude that sonography and computed tomographic scan provide reliabl...Continue Reading

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