Traumatic injuries: Role of imaging in the management of the polytrauma victim (conservative expectation)

European Radiology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 969-978

  Poletti, Pierre Alexandre ^a   Wintermark, Max ^b   Schnyder, Pierre ^b   Becker, Christoph D ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Abdominal trauma; Computed tomography; Diagnostic imaging; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BILOMA; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; BLUNT TRAUMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DEVASCULARIZATION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM INJURY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENTEROPATHY; HEMODYNAMICS; HEMOPERITONEUM; HUMAN; LIVER INJURY; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; ORGAN INJURY; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPLEEN INJURY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISCERA; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; BLOOD VESSEL; INJURY; LIVER; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ANGIOGRAPHY; BLOOD VESSELS; HUMANS; LIVER; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 0036580832     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-002-1353-y     Document Type: Article

References (57)

1. Schurink GWH, Bode PJ, van Luijt PA, van Vugt AB (1997) The value of physical examination in the diagnosis of patients with blunt abdominal trauma: a retrospective study. Injury 28:261-265
2. Röthlin MA, Naef R, Amgwerd M, Candinas D, Frick T, Trentz O (1993) Ultrasound in blunt abdominal and thoracic trauma. J Trauma 34:488-495
3. Ferreira PC, Verdile VP, Bartfield JM, Snyder HS, Salluzzo RF (1998) Injuries distracting from injuries after blunt trauma. Am J Emerg Med 16:145-149
4. Wintermark M, Poletti P-A, Becker CD, Schnyder P (2002) Traumatic injuries: organization and ergonomics of imaging in the emergency environment. Eur Radiol 12:959-968
5. Becker CD, Mentha G, Terrier F (1998) Blunt abdominal trauma in adults: role of CT in the diagnosis and management of visceral injuries. I. Liver and spleen. Eur Radiol 8:553-562
6. Becker CD, Mentha G, Schmidlin F, Terrier F (1998) Blunt abdominal trauma in adults: role of CT in the diagnosis and management of visceral injuries. II. Gastrointestinal tract and retroperitoneal organs. Eur Radiol 8:772-780
7. McKenney M, Lentz K, Nunez D et al. (1994) Can ultrasound replace diagnostic peritoneal lavage in the assessment of blunt trauma? J Trauma 37:439-441
8. Boulanger BR, McLellan BA, Brenneman FD et al. (1996) Emergent abdominal sonography as a screening test in a new diagnostic algorithm for blunt trauma. J Trauma 40:867-874
9. Yoshii H, Sato M, Yamamoto S et al. (1998) Usefulness and limitations of ultrasonography in the initial evaluation of blunt abdominal trauma. J Trauma 45:45-51
10. Boulanger BR, Brenneman FD, McLellan BA et al. (1995) A prospective study of emergent abdominal sonography after blunt trauma. J Trauma 39:325-330
11. Shackford SR (1993) Focused ultrasound examinations by surgeons: the time is now. J Trauma 35:181-182
12. Scalea TM, Rodriguez A, Chiu WC et al. (1999) Focused assessment with sonography for trauma (FAST): results from an international consensus conference. J Trauma 46:466-472
13. McGahan JP, Richards JR (1999) Blunt abdominal trauma: the role of emergent sonography and a review of the literature. Am J Roentgenol 172:897-903
14. Foerster R, Pillasch J, Zielke A et al. (1992) Ultrasonography in blunt abdominal trauma: influence of the investigators' experience. J Trauma 34:264-269
15. Shackford SR, Rogers FB, Osler TM et al. (1999) Focused abdominal sonogram for trauma: the learning curve of nonradiologist clinicians in detecting hemoperitoneum. J Trauma 46:553-564
16. Lingawi S, Buckley A (2000) Focused abdominal US in patients with trauma. Radiology 217:426-429
17. Chiu WC, Cushing BM, Rodriguez A et al. (1997) Abdominal injuries without hemoperitoneum: a potential limitation of focused abdominal sonography for trauma (FAST). J Trauma 42:617-625
18. Shanmuganathan K, Mirvis SE, Sherbourne CD, Chiu WC, Rodriguez A (1999) Hemoperitoneum as the sole indicator of abdominal visceral injuries: a potential limitation of a screening abdominal US for trauma. Radiology 212:423-430
19. Bode PJ, Edwards MJ, Kruit MC, van Vugt AB (1999) Sonography in a clinical algorithm for early evaluation of 1671 patients with blunt abdominal trauma. Am J Roentgenol 172:905-911
20. McKenney MG et al. (1996) 1000 consecutive ultrasounds for blunt abdominal trauma. J Trauma 40:607-610
21. Shackford SR, Molin M (1990) Management of splenic injuries Surg Clin North Am 70:595
22. Cogbill TH, Moore EE, Jurkovich GJ, Morris JA, Mucha P, Shackford SR (1989) Nonoperative management of blunt splenic trauma: a multicenter experience. J Trauma 29:1312-1317
23. Feliciano PD, Mullins RJ, Trunkey DD, Crass RA, Beck JR, Helfand M (1992) A decision analysis of traumatic splenic injuries. J Trauma 33:340-348
24. Brasel KJ, DeLisle C M, Olson CJ, Borgstrom DC (1998) Splenic injury: trends in evaluation and management. J Trauma 4:283-286
25. Moore EE, Cogbill TH, Jurkovich GJ, Shackford SR, Malangoni MA, Champion HR (1995) Organ injury scaling: spleen and liver (1994 revision). J Trauma 38:323-324
26. Buntain WL, Gould HR, Maull KI (1988) Predictability of splenic salvage by computed tomography. J Trauma 28:24-31
27. Resciniti A, Fink MP, Raptopoulos V, Davidoff, Silva WE (1988) Nonoperative treatment of adult splenic trauma: development of a computed tomographic scoring system that detects appropriate candidates for expectant management. J Trauma 28:828-831
28. Mirvis SE, Whitley NO, Gens DR (1989) Blunt splenic trauma in adults: CT-based classification and correlation with prognosis and treatment. Radiology 171:33-30
29. Becker CD, Spring P, Glättli A, Schweizer W (1994) Blunt splenic trauma in adults: Can CT findings be used to determine the need for Surgery? Am J Roentgenol 162:343-347
30. Kohn JS, Clark DE, Isler RJ, Pope CF (1994) Is CT grading of splenic injury useful in nonsurgical management of blunt trauma? J Trauma 36:385-389
31. Hagiwara A, Yukioka T, Ohta S, Nitatori T, Matsuda H, Shimazaki S (1996) Nonsurgical management of patients with blunt splenic injury: efficacy of transcatheter arterial embolization. Am J Roentgenol 167:159-166
32. Gavant ML, Schurr M, Flick PA, Croce MA, Fabian TC, Gold RE (1997) Predicting clinical outcome of nonsurgical management of blunt splenic injury: using CT to reveal abnormalities of splenic vasculature. Am J Roentgenol 168:207-212
33. Federle MP, Courcoulas AP, Powell M, Ferris J, Peitzman AB (1998) Blunt splenic injury in adults: clinical and CT criteria for management, with emphasis on active extravasation. Radiology 206:137-142
34. Davis KA, Fabian TC, Croce MA, Gavant ML, Flick PA, Minard G, Kudsk KA, Pritchard FE (1998) Improved success in nonoperative management of blunt splenic injuries: embolization of splenic artery pseudoaneurysms. J Trauma 44:1008-1013
35. Shanmuganathan K, Miris SE, Boyd-Kranis R, Takada T, Scalea TM (2000) Non-surgical management of blunt splenic injury: use of CT criteria to select patients for splenic arteriography and potential endovascular therapy. Radiology 217:75-82
36. Omert LA, Salyer D, Dunham CM, Porter J, Silva A, Protetch J (2001) Implication of the "contrast blush" finding on computed tomographic scan of the spleen in trauma. J Trauma 51:272-278
37. Mirvis SE, Whitley NO, Vainwright JR, Gens DR (1989) Blunt hepatic trauma in adults: CT-based classification and correlation with prognosis and treatment. Radiology 71:27-32
38. Hiatt JR, Harrier HD, Koenig BV, Ransom KJ (1990) Non-operative management of major blunt liver injury with hemoperitoneum. Arch Surg 125:101-103
39. Becker CD, Gal I, Baer HU, Vock P (1996) Blunt hepatic trauma in adults: correlation of CT injury grading with outcome. Radiology 201:215-220
40. Poletti PA, Mirvis SE, Shanmuganathan K, Killeen KL, Coldwell D (2000) CT criteria for management of blunt liver trauma: correlation with angiographic and surgical findings. Radiology 216:418-427
41. Croce MA, Fabian TC, Menke PG et al. (1995) Non-operative management of blunt hepatic trauma is the treatment of choice for hemodynamically stable patients. Results of a prospective trial. Ann Surg 221:744-755
42. Patcher HL, Knudson MM, Esrig B et al. (1996) Status of non-operative management of blunt hepatic injuries in 1995: a multicenter experience with 404 patients. J Trauma 40:31-38
43. Yokota J, Sugimoto T (1994) Clinical significance of periportal tracking on computed tomographic scan in patients with blunt liver trauma. Am J Surg 168:247-250
44. Croce MA, Fabian TC, Kudsk KA et al. (1991) AAST injury scale: correlation of CT-graded liver injuries and operative findings. J Trauma 31:806-812
45. Sugimoto K, Horiike S, Hirata M, Ohwada T, Maekawa K (1994) The role of angiography in the assessment of blunt liver injury. Injury 25:283-287
46. Fang JF, Chen RJ, Wong YC et al. (1998) Pooling of contrast material on computed tomography mandates aggressive management of blunt hepatic injury. Am J Surg 76:315-319
47. Hagiwara AT, Ohta S, Tokunaga S et al. (1997) Nonsurgical management of patients with blunt hepatic injury: efficacy of transcatheter arterial embolization. Am J Roentgenol 169:1151-1156
48. Buck G, Dalton M, Neely W (1986) Diagnostic laparotomy for abdominal trauma. Am Surg 52:41-43
49. Cox E (1984) Blunt abdominal trauma: a 5 years analysis of 870 patients requiring celiotomy. Ann Surg 199:467-474
50. Allen GS, Moore FA, Cox CS, Wilson JT, Cohn JM, Duke JH (1998) Hollow visceral injury and blunt trauma. J Trauma 45:69-78
51. Sherck J, Shatney C, Sensaki K, Selivanov V (1994) The accuracy of computed tomography in the diagnosis of blunt small-bowel perforation. Am J Surg 168:670-675
52. Hagiwara A, Yukioka T, Satou M, Yoshii H, Yamamoto S, Matsuda H, Shimazaki S (1995) Early diagnosis of small intestine rupture from blunt abdominal trauma using computed tomography: significance of the streaky density within the mesentery. J Trauma 38:630-633
53. Ryan JJ, Keyes FN, Horner WR, Yount JC, Diamond DL (1978) Critical analysis of open peritoneal lavage in blunt abdominal trauma. Am J Surg 136:701-704
54. Hamilton P, Rizoli S, McLellan B, Murphy J (1995) Significance of intraabdominal extraluminal air detected by CT scan in blunt abdominal trauma. J Trauma 39:331-333
55. Dowe MF, Shanmuganathan K, Mirvis SE, Steiner RC, Cooper C (1997) CT findings of mesenteric injury after blunt trauma: implications for surgical intervention. Am J Roentgenol 168:425-428
56. Killeen KL, Shanmuganathan K, Poletti PA, Cooper C, Mirvis SE (2001) Helical computed tomography of bowel and mesenteric injuries. J Trauma 51:26-36
57. Butela ST, Federle MP, Chang PJ, Thaete FL, Peterson MS, Dorvault CJ, Hari AK, Soni S, Branstetter BF, Paisley KJ, Huang LF (2001) Performance of CT in detection of bowel injury. Am J Roentgenol 176:129-135 ss