A surgical approach to iatrogenic vascular injuries in pediatric cases. 2017

Yüksel Beşir, and Orhan Gökalp, and Börteçin Eygi, and Banu Bahriye Lafcı, and Gamze Gökalp, and Levent Yılık, and Hasan İner, and Ali Gürbüz
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, İzmir Katip Çelebi University Faculty of Medicine, İzmir-Turkey. yukselbesir@hotmail.com.

BACKGROUND Surgical intervention is mandatory in many children who present with vascular trauma or in complicated cases after medical interventions. In this study, surgical interventions applied after vascular injuries in children were analyzed. METHODS Between January 2002 and December 2012, 17 patients (aged under 18) who were admitted to the emergency room with vascular injuries were retrospectively analyzed. The data was collected through hospital records. Preoperative and postoperative data of the patients were recorded and analyzed. RESULTS Of the total, 11 patients were female (64.7%) and 6 patients were male (35.3%) with a range of 4-192 months. In total, 14 (82.3%) injuries were due to angiographic interventions, 1 (5.9%) was due to external trauma, 1 (5.9%) was due to preoperative trauma, and 1 (5.9%) was due to a catheterization complication in the intensive care unit. Additionally, 11 (64.7%) injuries were located in the right femoral artery, 3 (17.6%) were located in the left femoral artery, 2 (11.8%) were located in the left brachial artery, and 1 (5.9%) was located in the left external iliac vein. Also, 5 (29.4%) patients were managed under local anesthesia and 12 (70.6%) patients were managed under general anesthesia. With respect to treatment, 15 (88.2%) injuries were repaired with primary sutures, 1 (5.9%) injury was repaired with an end-to-end anastomosis, and 1 (5.9%) injury was repaired with a saphenous vein graft interposition. In addition, 16 (94.1%) patients underwent a thrombectomy prior to the repair. The total hospital stay was calculated as 2.7±1.4 days. The intensive care unit stay was calculated as 1.1±0.4 days. There was no mortality, a loss of an injured extremity, or an infection. No other complication was detected. CONCLUSIONS Iatrogenic interventional procedures seem to be responsible for the majority of pediatric vascular injuries. The results of surgical repairs in these injuries are successful and efficient.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007049 Iatrogenic Disease Any adverse condition in a patient occurring as the result of treatment by a physician, surgeon, or other health professional, especially infections acquired by a patient during the course of treatment. Hospital-Acquired Condition,Condition, Hospital-Acquired,Conditions, Hospital-Acquired,Disease, Iatrogenic,Diseases, Iatrogenic,Hospital Acquired Condition,Hospital-Acquired Conditions,Iatrogenic Diseases
D008297 Male Males
D002648 Child A person 6 to 12 years of age. An individual 2 to 5 years old is CHILD, PRESCHOOL. Children
D002675 Child, Preschool A child between the ages of 2 and 5. Children, Preschool,Preschool Child,Preschool Children
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000293 Adolescent A person 13 to 18 years of age. Adolescence,Youth,Adolescents,Adolescents, Female,Adolescents, Male,Teenagers,Teens,Adolescent, Female,Adolescent, Male,Female Adolescent,Female Adolescents,Male Adolescent,Male Adolescents,Teen,Teenager,Youths
D000792 Angiography Radiography of blood vessels after injection of a contrast medium. Arteriography,Angiogram,Angiograms,Angiographies,Arteriographies
D012189 Retrospective Studies Studies used to test etiologic hypotheses in which inferences about an exposure to putative causal factors are derived from data relating to characteristics of persons under study or to events or experiences in their past. The essential feature is that some of the persons under study have the disease or outcome of interest and their characteristics are compared with those of unaffected persons. Retrospective Study,Studies, Retrospective,Study, Retrospective
D057772 Vascular System Injuries Injuries to blood vessels caused by laceration, contusion, puncture, or crush and other types of injuries. Symptoms vary by site and mode of injuries and may include bleeding, bruising, swelling, pain, and numbness. It does not include injuries secondary to pathologic function or diseases such as ATHEROSCLEROSIS. Vascular Injuries,Injuries, Vascular,Injuries, Vascular System,Injury, Vascular,Injury, Vascular System,System Injuries, Vascular,System Injury, Vascular,Vascular Injury,Vascular System Injury

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