J.Jpn. Surg. Soc.
ISSN 1880-1129

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J.Jpn. Surg. Soc.. 103(7): 511-516, 2002

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DAMAGE CONTROL FOR THORACIC IN JURIES

1) Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Chiba-Hokusoh Hospital, Nippon Medical School, Chiba, Japan
2) Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Tokyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Kunihiro Mashiko1), Hisashi Matsumoto1), Tohru Mochizuki1), Kitoji Takuhiro1), Yoshiaki Hara1), Shoichi Katada2)

A critically injured chest trauma patient showillg profound shock or cardiac arrest en route to the trauma center or in the emergency room sometimes requires emergency room thoracotomy and definitive repair. In some patients damage control must be performed because of the appearance of the deadly triad of hypothermia, acidosis, and coagulopathy. Indications for damege control are believed to be body temperature <34℃, pH <7.2, and clinically uncontrollable bleeding. The strategy for damage control consists of three steps : step1, rapid control of hemorrhaging and abbreviated surgery in the ER or OR ; step 2, correction of hypothermia, acidosis, and coagulopathy and reevaluation of the injuries in the intensive care unit ; and step 3. definitive surgery in the OR. Damage control procedures for chest injuries include aortic cross-clamping, hilar clamping, major vessel ligation, pulmonary tractotomy, simultaneously stapled pneumonectomy or lobectomy, cardiac stapling, balloon catheter tamponade, temporary intraluminal shunt, towel packing, towel clip closure, single en masse closure of the chest wall, etc. Every surgeon responsible for treating critical chest trauma patients should have knowledge of damage control and also be familiar with the techniques.

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