Campbell GU Trauma 2021 Flashcards
Most important information to obtain in blunt renal injury: ___
Mechanism of injury
** Deceleration? Speed of car or height of fall;
** Kidney is vulnerable to decelration injury: tear at points of fixation: hilum or UPJ
Penetrating trauma:
Anterior axillary line damages: ___
Posterior axillary line: ___
Ipsilateral rib fracture increases incidence of renal trauma ___-fold
AAL: renal hilum and pedicle
PAL: parenchyma
Three-fold
Best indicators of significant GU injury: ___
Gross hematuria
Microhematuria (>5 RBCs/high-power field)
** Esp. when hypotensive (<90 mmHg), penetrating trauma
** Degree of hematuria does not correlate with injury severity
Grade I renal injury
Contusion
Microscopic or gross hematuria, urologic studies normal
Hematoma
Subcapsular, nonexpanding without parenchymal laceration
Grade II renal injury
Hematoma
Nonexpanding perirenal hematoma confined to renal retroperitoneum
Laceration
<1 cm parenchymal depth of renal cortex without urinary extravasation
Grade III renal injury
Laceration
>1 cm parenchymal depth of renal cortex without collecting system rupture or urinary extravasation
Grade IV
Laceration
Parenchymal laceration extending through renal cortex, medulla, and collecting system
Vascular
Main renal artery or vein injury with contained hemorrhage
Grade V
Laceration
Completely shattered kidney
Vascular
Avulsion of renal hilum, devascularizing the kidney
Indications for renal imaging
- Penetrating trauma with a likelihood of renal injury (abdomen, flank, ipsilateral rib fracture, significant flank ecchymosis, or low chest entry/exit wound) who are hemodynamically stable enough to have a CT (instead of going directly to the operating room or angiography suite)
- Blunt trauma with significant acceleration/ deceleration mechanism of injury, specifically rapid deceleration as would occur in a high-speed motor vehicle accident or a fall from heights
- Blunt trauma and gross hematuria
- Blunt trauma with microhematuria and hypotension (<90 mm
Hg systolic at any time during evaluation and resuscitation) - Pediatric patients greater than 5 RBCs/HPF
Pediatric patients have higher risk for renal trauma because of the ff: ___
Larger comparative kidney size
Less perirenal fat
Non-ossified bones
Less relative rib coverage over the kidneys in children
Children do not become hypotensive with major blood loss due to:
High catecholamine output after trauma, which maintains blood pressure until approximately 50% of blood volume has been lost.
Best method for GU imaging in trauma
Contrast-enhanced CT with immediate and delayed images
Findings on CT suspicious for MAJOR injury:
(1) medial hematoma, suggesting vascular injury; (2) medial urinary extravasation, suggesting renal pelvis or ureteropelvic junction avulsion injury; (3) global lack of contrast enhancement of the parenchyma, suggesting renal artery occlusion; and (4) the combination of two or more of the following: large hematoma greater than 3.5 cm, medial renal laceration, and vascular contrast extravasation (suggesting brisk active bleeding), which constitute an AAST grade IVb injury
Main purpose of the one-shot IVP:____
How to do the one-shot IVP: ___
Assess the presence of a functioning contralateral kidney.
Only a single film is taken 10 minutes after IV injection (IV push) of 2 mL/kg of contrast material.
Non-operative management is the STANDARD OF CARE in: ___
Hemodynamically stable, well-staged patients AAST grades I-IVa, regardless of mechanism
Routine follow-up CT imaging for NOM of Grade IV-V renal injuries is prudent at ___ post-injury to evaluate for: ___
48-72 hours
Urinoma
Hematoma
** Significant complications almost always present with symptoms (fever, flank pain, decreasing hematocrit, hematuria)
Absolute indications for operative management (4): ___
(1) hemodynamic instability with no or transient response to resuscitation,
(2) expanding/pulsatile renal hematoma (usually indicating renal artery laceration),
(3) suspected renal vascular pedicle avulsion, and
(4) ureteropelvic junction avulsion
Relative indications for operative management (4): ___
(1) urinary extravasation with significant renal parenchymal devascularization (older data suggested a higher complication rate than average if watched, but these also can be closely observed)
(2) renal injury together with colon/pancreatic injury (these patients have a higher complication rate if their renal injury is not repaired at the time of colon/ pancreatic injury, but the renal injury may be closely observed after repair of the enteric injury)
(3) arterial thrombosis
(4) urinary extravasation from parenchymal injury
Surgical exploration is best by ___ approach, allows inspection of: ___
Transabdominal approach
Intra-abdominal organs and bowel
Principles of renal reconstruction after traumaL ___
Complete renal exposure
Measures for temporary vascular control
Limited debridement of nonviable tissue
Hemostasis by individual suture ligation of bleeding vessels
Watertight closure of the collecting system if necessary/possible, re-approximation of the parenchymal defect
Coverage with nearby fascio-adipose flaps (Gerota fascia or omentum) if feasible
Liberal use of drains
For unilateral arterial thrombosis:
For bilateral arterial thrombosis:
UNILATERAL: revascularization rarely results in a successful salvage or a viable kidney. As long as the contra-lateral kidney is normal, observation is often the best management.
BILATERAL: revascularization should be attempted, as up to 56% of patients can potentially avoid dialysis by prompt intervention
Basic mechanisms for arterial hypertension as a complication of trauma:
(1) renal vascular injury, leading to stenosis or occlusion of the main renal artery or one of its branches (Goldblatt kidney)
(2) compression of the renal parenchyma with extravasated blood or urine (Page kidney)
(3) post-trauma arteriovenous fistula.
Best imaging study for detecting ureteral injuries
CT urography with delayed images
CT findings suggestive of ureteral injury
Contrast extravasation
Delayed ipsilateral nephrogram
Ipsilateral hydronephrosis, Lack of contrast in the distal ureter
Periureteral urinoma
Most sensitive radiographic test for ureteral injury
Retrograde ureterogram
(RGP)
** BUT it is time-consuming and cumbersome
Management options for ureteral injuries:
UPPER:
MIDDLE:
LOWER:
Upper: direct ureteroureterostomy
Transureteroureterostomy
Middle:
Direct ureteroureterostomy
Transureteroureterostomy
Lower:
Reimplantation
Psoas hitch
Repair of the injured ureter should be performed: ___
At the SAME time as the initial laparotomy, in a stable patient
Principles of management of injured ureter:
- Mobilize the injured ureter carefully, sparing the adventitia widely.
- Debride the ureter minimally but judiciously until edges bleed
- Repair ureters with spatulated, tension-free, stented watertight anastomosis, using fine absorbable sutures and retroperitoneal drainage afterward.
- Retroperitonealize the ureteral repair by closing peritoneum
- DO NOT tunnel ureteroneocystostomies but rather create a widely spatulated nontunneled anastomosis.
- With severely injured ureters, blast effect, concomitant vascular surgery, and other complex cases, consider omental interposition to isolate the repair when possible.
- If immediate repair is not possible, or the patient hemodynamically unstable, one management option is to ligate the ureter with long silk or polypropylene suture, and plan to repair it later,
Management:
Intact contused ureters: ___
Large areas of contusion that appear non-viable: ___
Intact: ureteral stenting (cystoscopy or cystotomy); maintain for 6 weeks
Large/non-viable: excision of damaged area and U-U or ureteroneocystosytomy
If ureter is ligated (tied but not cut): ___
Remove ligature and observe for viability
If viability questionable = ureteroureterostomy or ureteral reimplantation
Ureteral perforation during URS: ___
Treated by ureteral stenting
What is the incidence of urinary tract trauma?
10%
How common is renal trauma?
1-5% of all trauma
What is the male to female ratio when it comes to urogenital trauma?
3:1
How effective are airbags when it comes to renal trauma?
decreases renal injuries by 40-50%
How common is renal vasculary injury in renal trauma?
<5%
What are the indication for imaging in renal trauma?
Blunt trauma:
gross hematuria
microhematuria + hypotension
rapid desceleration injuries
Penetrating trauma:
all with hematuria
clinical suspicion (inlet or exit wound)
What laboratory tests should be performed on a patient who has suffered renal trauma?
Urine
Hematocrit
Creatinine (8 hrs before change can be measured)
When should on shot intraoperative IVP be used?
In those, unstable, subjected to laparotomy
to see the condition of the contralateral kidney
2 ml/kg contrast, single x-ray after 10 min
What is importernt to remember when performing a CT on a patient with a suspected urinary tract injury?
2 phase study
both a vascular phase and a
delayed phase afte 10 min to look for peri-renal or ureteral contrast extravasation
When should you use an MRI to evaluate a patient with suspected urinary tract injury?
CT is not availabel
Iodine allergy
CT findings are equivocal
When is angiography indicated for a patient with suspected urinary tract injury?
stable patient when therapeutic angio-embolization is needed
or
non enhanced cortex on CT-scan (suspection of total avulsion, renal artery thrombosis or severe concussion causing vascular spasm)
Renal score AAST Grade 1:
contusion or subcapsular hematoma
Renal score AAST Grade 2:
Cortical laceration <1 cm no extra-vasation
Renal score AAST Grade 3:
Cortical laceration >1 cm no extra-vasation
Renal score AAST Grade 4:
Laceration > 1cm with injury to the collecting system
and/or
Thrombosed artery or segmental vein injury
Renal score AAST Grade 5:
Shattered kidney
and/or
Renal pedicle avulsion
Indication for renal exploration:
continues hemodyamic instability (in spite of resuscitation)
expanding retroperitoneal hematoma
pre-existing abnormality (hydronephrosis, tumour)
What is the treatment when PNL has caused trauma to the colon?
Liberal drainage of the PCS Keep the tube in the perinephric and pericolic spaces Antibiotics Stop oral feedings for 5 days Success rate is very high
What is the most common cause of ureteral trauma?
Iatrogenic 75%
blunt 18%
penetrating 7%
What type of iatrogenic trauma is most common?
Gynecologic 70%
General surgery 14%
Urology 16%
Ureteral trauma AAST Grade 1:
hematoma and/or contusion
Ureteral trauma AAST Grade 2:
laceration < 50% of circumference
Ureteral trauma AAST Grade 3:
laceration > 50% of circumference
Ureteral trauma AAST Grade 4:
complete tear < 2 cm loss
Ureteral trauma AAST Grade 5:
complete tear ≥ 2 cm loss
How often is an injury to the ureter overlooked?
60%
What can be symptoms that leads to a late diagnosis of ureteral injury?
Leakage Acute obstruction Sepsis Uro-ascites Urinoma Fistula
When should surgical repair of a urethral injury be undertaken?
Within one week
or
after 2-3 months
Examples of surgical techniques for re-continuity of urethers:
end to end anastomosis
Transuretero-ureterostomy
Uretero-calycostomy
Boari flap ± psoas hitch
Auto transplantation
Ileal segment interposition
What is the most common cause of bladder trauma?
70-80% due to pelvic fracture
Symptoms of bladder injury:
+ symptoms of silent rupture
Hematuria
Pain
No desire or inability to void
Urine leak and/or blood through the vagina
in silent rupture: ileus ascites peritonitis uremia sepsis toxemia
Bladder trauma AAST Grade 1:
concussion, intramural hematoma partial thickness
Bladder trauma AAST Grade 2:
extra peritoneal rupture < 2 cm
Bladder trauma AAST Grade 3:
extra peritoneal rupture > 2 cm or intra peritoneal rupture < 2 cm
Bladder trauma AAST Grade 4:
Intraperitoneal rupture ≥ 2 cm
Bladder trauma AAST Grade 5:
extra or intra peritoneal laceration extending into the bladder neck or trigone
Radiological diagnosis of bladder trauma:
Retrograde gravity cystography (also excludes urethral trauma)
CT can be used especially if other trauma is present
When is surgical repair indicated in bladder trauma?
Intraperitoneal rupture or extraperitoneal rupture when drainage is not guaranteed or surgery is indicated for other injuries
Postoperative care after surgical treatment of bladder injury:
Antibiotics
Catheter 10 days
Retrograde cystogram before catheter removal
(if leakage, catheter for another 5 days)
Penile trauma AAST Grade 1:
Cutaneous laceration or contusion
Penile trauma AAST Grade 2:
Laceration of Buck’s fascia (cavernosum) withour tissue loss
Penile trauma AAST Grade 3:
Cutaneous avulsion, laceration through glans or meatus
or cavernosal or urethral defect < 2cm
Penile trauma AAST Grade 4:
partial penectomy
or cavernosal or urethral defect ≥ 2 cm
Penile trauma AAST Grade 5:
total penectomy
What is the most common cause of posterior urethral trauma?
pelvic fracture
present i 4-14 % of pelvic fracture cases
males>females
How often is posterior urethral injury associated with bladder rupture?
10-17%
How common is urethro-rectal fistula after posterior urethral injury?
up to 8%
What clinical signs should arise suspicion of posterior urethral injury?
Blood at the meatus
Inability to urinate
Full bladder