4. Items to be discussed
History
Definition
Pathophysiology
Indications and principles
Phases of DCS
Teamwork of DCS
Timeline
Methods
Complications
Case presentation
Home message
References
6. History of DCS
General surgeons have used the concept of damage control
surgery for many years; Pringle described his technique in
patients with substantial liver trauma 1908.
The U.S. military surgeons did not encourage his technique in
World War II and the Vietnam War.
Lucas and Ledgerwood described the principle in a series of
patients.
Subsequent studies discovered that hepatic packing increased
survival by 90%.
This technique was then specifically linked to patients who
were hemorrhaging, hypothermic, and coagulopathic.
7. In 1983, Stone firstly described the “bailout”
approach .
14 patients :
-- Per-operative correction of coagulopathy
-- Definitive surgery
-- 1 survivor
8. • 17 patients:
-- OR and packing
-- Correction of coagulopathy in ICU
-- Re exploration in OR
-- 11 survivors
22. “ The concept of DCS is …keeping afloat a
badly damaged
ship by approaches to limit flooding ,
stabilize the vessel, exclude fires and
explosions and avoid spreading”
-- Surface ship survivability, Naval war publication
3-20.31, Washington, DC. Department of defense; 1996
23. Definition
Damage control is a Navy term defined as “the
capacity of a ship to absorb damage and
maintain mission integrity”.
Damage control surgery(DCS) is a concept of
abbreviated laparotomy, designed to prioritize
short-term physiological recovery over
anatomical reconstruction in the seriously
injured and compromised patient.
24. The concept of DC was initially described for abdominal
trauma, now it has been expanded to :
Thoracic injuries.
Extremity vascular injuries.
Orthopedic injuries.
Others
26. The key philosophy
To keep the injured patient alive at any cost,
Abbreviated surgical technique to limit the depletion of
physiological reserve;
To be part of the resuscitation process
29. Hypothermia:
Clinically important if <37*C for more than 4 h leading
to:
Arrhythmias,
Decreased COP,
Increassed systemic vascular resistance
Can induce and exacerbate coagulopathy by inhibition
of clotting cascade reaction
30. Acidosis:
Uncorrected haemorrhagic shock leads into
inadequate cellular perfusion
anaerobic metabolism
the production of lactatic acid
Interferes with blood clotting mechanisms and
promotes coagulopathy and blood loss
31. Coagulopathy:
Hypothermia, acidosis and the consequences of
massive blood transfusion all lead to the development of
coagulopathy
Platelet dysfunction at low temperature
Activation of the fibrinolytic system
Haemodilution following massive resuscitation
pH<7.1-7.2 impairs thrombin production
32.
33. Indications for DCS
Anatomical
Inability to achieve haemostasis
Complex abdominal injury, e.g. liver and pancreas
Combined vascular, solid and hollow organ injury, e.g. aortic
or caval injury
Inaccessible major venous injury, e.g. retrohepatic vena cava
Demand for non-operative control of other injuries, e.g.
fractured pelvis
Need for a time-consuming procedure
34. Physiological (decline of
physiological reserve)
Temperature < 34ºC
pH < 7.2
Serum lactate > 5 mmol/ l [N (Normal) < 2.5 mmol/ l]
Prothrombin time (PT) > 16 s
Partial thromboplastin time (PTT) > 60 s
> 10 units blood transfused
Systolic blood pressure < 90 mmHg for > 60 min
35. Environmental
Operating time > 60 min
Inability to approximate the abdominal incision
Desire to reassess the intra-abdominal contents
(directed relook)
36. Principles are to
Control haemorrhage
Prevent contamination
Avoid further injury
37. Phases of DCS
Stage I: Ground 0 ( additional)- Pre Hospital And Hospital
Phase
Stage II: Abbreviated Laparotomy
Stage III: ICU Resuscitation
Stage IV: Definitive surgery
38. Phase I– Ground Zero
Prehospital care & Initial resuscitation:
• Built on fundamentals of ATLS guidelines.
• Rapid Transport to definitive care.
• Rapid Evaluation.
• FAST, Tube Thoracotomy, CXR, Pelvis X-ray
• Damage Control Resuscitation to systolic 80-90 mmHg
(permissive hypotension)
• This phase should take 20-30 min.
39. Phase II- Abbreviated Laparotomy
• Damage Control Laparotomy (DCL)
Principles
• Control haemorrhage
• Prevention contamination
• Avoid further injury
• Aims to restore physiology at the expense of anatomical
reconstruction.
• On- going DCR in ICU
This phase should take 90 mins or less.
42. Phase III- Resuscitation
DCR: This may only require 12 h , many will require 24–36 h
• Require collaborative efforts of multiple critical care
physicians, nurses, and ancillary staff.
• GOALs:
Reverse the sequelae of hypotension related metabolic
failure.
Physiological and biochemical restoration.
Adequate oxygen delivery to body tissues
Intensive monitoring
Aggressive core rewarming
Aggressive approach to correction of coagulopathy
Tertiary Survey
43. Phase IV- Definitive Surgery
Timing is critical.
With focused, critical care management and
resuscitation one may obtain this physiological state
within 24–36 hours.
Look for hidden injuries
Addresses the definitive repair and tension free
abdominal closure (temp./def.).
Morris, D.S., 2015
46. All must run or even fly and do their
best to save the gift of Allah; the human.
-- MF
Transportation and ambulance team
General surgery
Trauma and critical medicine
ICU team
Orthopaedics
Vascular surgery
Neurosurgery
Cardiothoracic surgery
Maxillofacial , ENT and plastic surgery
Anasthesia team
Clinical pathology and hematology team
And each team consists of (doctors – nurses – assissting
nursing - workers)
47. Methods of DCS
Damage control Laparotomy
Principles
• Control haemorrhage
-- operative control of haemorrhage and simultaneous
vigorous resuscitation with blood and clotting factors
-- Availability of Blood, FFP, cryoprecipitate, platelet
• Prevention contamination
• Avoid further injury
• Evacuation of blood.
• Four quadrant packing.
• Full exposure of the injuries.
• Kocher maneuver
• Cattell-Braasch
• Mattox
48. Solid organs: such as spleen and isolated kidney , are
sacrificed in damage control if repair prolongs surgical
times.
• Bleeding vessel : Ligation / shunting.
• Bowel injury: stapler/ ligation.
• Intra-abdominal Packing
• No reconstructive surgery undertaken
• Temporary abdominal closure
49. Temporary closure of the open abdomen is best
accomplished by :
• VAC Dressing.
• Fascial tensioning.
• Abdominal closure is best accomplished by hospital
day 8 to reduce morbidity.
50.
51.
52. Liver
• peri-hepatic packing- anteroposterior plane ,
hepatorenal space
• Pringles manouvre
• transfer to angiography suite immediately after the
operation to identify any ongoing arterial haemorrhage
which may be controlled with selective angiographic
embolization.
57. GIT
• control of haemorrhage
• prevention of further contamination by controlling spillage
of gut contents.
• Small gastrotomies or enterotomies rapidly closed
primarily with a single layer continuous suture.
• colonic injuries, multiple small bowel lesions-- resect non-
viable bowel, close the ends, relook at 2nd procedure.
• linear stapler
• Ileostomy, colostomy avoided if abdomen to be left open
58. Pancreas
Rarely requires or allows definitive surgery
• Minor injuries not involving the duct (AAST I,II,IV)
require no treatment.
• Distal Injury(Left of SMV- AAST III) with extensive tissue
destruction including pancreatic duct-- rapid distal
pancreatectomy.
• Massive injuries to the pacreaticoduodenal complex
(AAST V) - debridement only.
• Duodenal injuries- single suture/ temporarily close
ends(major)
59. Vasculature
Arterial
“Ligatable” arteries:
• Common and external carotid
• Subclavian, axillary
• Internal iliac
• Celiac axis, IMA
• ICA ligation 10-20% risk of CVA
• EIA, CFA, SFA ligation >> high risk limb ischemia
• SMA: gut necrosis
Venous
• Almost all veins (including the IVC) can be ligated when
needed
60. Abdomen Vasculature
Full exposure of the injuries.
• Kocher maneuver
• Cattell-Braasch
• Mattox
Aorta
• direct suture
• transposition PTFE graft
• Intravascular shunts
61. Kocher Maneuver
The peritoneum is incised at the right edge of the
duodenum, and the duodenum and the head of pancreas
are reflected to the opposite direction, i.e. to the left, to
expose structures in the retroperitoneum behind
the duodenum and pancreas; for example to
control hemorrhage from the inferior vena cava or aorta,
or to facilitate removal of a pancreatic tumour.
62.
63. Emil Theodor Kocher
1841-1917
Nobel Prize in Physiology
or Medicine for thyroid disease
work(1909)
64. Kocher in surgery
Kocher's forceps
Kocher's point
Kocher manoeuvre for retroperitoneal exposure
Kocher manoeuvre for shoulder dislocation
Kocher–Debre–Semelaigne syndrome: hypothyroidism in infancy
or childhood characterised by lower extremity or generalized
muscular hypertrophy, myxoedema, short stature and cretinism
Kocher's collar incision -- is used in thyroid surgery
Kocher's subcostal incision -- Cholecystectomy
Kocher's sign -- eyelid phenomenon in hyperthyroidism and
Basedow's disease
Wikipaedia
65. Cattell-Braasch- Right medial
Visceral rotation
Medial visceral rotation of the right-sided organs to bring
them into the midline. It can be regarded as an extension of
a Kocher's manoeuvre; where as a Kocher's lifts
the duodenum off the retroperitoneum, in a Cattell-Brasch
manoeuvre, dissection is continued down the right-
sided white line of Toldt and then across the small bowel
mesenteric root.
69. Zone I
Mandatory exploration
Supramesocolic: Prox. control: Supraceliac aorta
Inframesocolic: Prox. control: Infrarenal aorta / IVC
Zone II , III
Selective exploration (if penetrating)
Leave alone if from blunt trauma
Opening a pelvic retroperitoneal haematoma in the
presence of a pelvic fracture is almost universally fatal!!
71. Complications (more less than
tradition surgery)
Abdominal compartment syndrome(ACS)
General copmlications:
Sepsis
Dehiscence of wounds
Enterocutaneous fistula
ICU-related infections
skin complications
72. ACS
Recognised by -- tensely distended abdomen, elevated peak
airway pressures, inadequate ventilation, hypoxia and
oliguria or anuria.
The clinical diagnosis can be recognised by intra-abdominal
pressure over 35 cm water is diagnostic
73. The management is release.
Sudden release ACS leads to :
• ischaemia-reperfusion injury-- acidosis, vasodilatation,
cardiac dysfunction and cardiac arrest.
• Prior, pre-load with crystalloid solution, Mannitol and
vasodilators such as dobutamine
74. Case no. 1 presentation at
sohag university hospitals
Male , 32 yrs old with RTA and dragging came to ED of
Sohag University hospitals 2017, shocked,GCS +/- 15
with degloved anterior abdominal wall with pedicle on rt
side, exposed both testicles and degloved root of penis
and rt thigh
Also he had complete disruption and laceration of the
anal canal all around
Resuscitation done with wash of the wound and
cleaning.
FAST…… rim of collection HB– 8 blood grouping
and cross matching done
What was the Ideal decision ?
What had been done and its fate ?
78. Case no. 2
Male , 41 yrs old , came to ED 2014 , after RTA after 4
hours delay in the transportation by 1ry centers in
Sohag , he was shocked , GCS +/- 15 , abdominal
examination…. Tender ,tense with shifting dullness
Resuscitation done
HB--- 8
FAST--- mild to moderate collection , splenic laceration &
aspiration blood
The pt transported to OR and anasthesia team refused to
anasthetize till blood is available.
Blood group B+
The blood does not cross match many times for about
1.5 hr
The pt deteriorated in the op. room and finally
anasthesia team was forced by pt state to anasthetize
But , it was too late.
What was the ideal ?
79. Case no. 3
Male 23 yrs old , MCA, presnted to the ED with shock , scalp
lacerations ,multiple facial abrasions and edema , GCS +/- 9
ICU admission and resuscitation done
FAST---- free HB-- 7.5
CT brain…. Large Extradural hematoma
3D CT face --- panfacial fracture (mandible- nose - maxilla)
what
Ideal
Real
Fate
80.
81. Home message
Management of disasters requires prompt thinking and
aggressive surgical intervention.
Delay in the decision to perform DC contributes to a very
high morbidity and mortality.
DCS is an important part of the management of the
multiply injured patient and should be achieved before
metabolic dangers occur.
Patients who had death rate in ISS≥90%, survived after
DC protocols application.
Give your patient the chance to fight another day alive.
82. The modern operation is safe for the
patient.
The modern surgeon must
make the patient safe for the modern
operation“
- Lord Moynihan (1865-1936)
83. Recommendations
Good and rapid transportation system must be available
Fund for health care must be at basic level in the policy of the
country
Well qualified surgeons are available and this is by
continuous learning and training
Trauma protocols should be applied strictly
The general surgery department protocols for trauma and in
general should be changed
Law should be modified (traffic – murder – problem solving –
weapons restriction )
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