“Transmediastinal gunshot wound”的意思、由来-开放百科全书

A transmediastinal gunshot wound (TMGSW) is a penetrating injury to a person's thorax in which a bullet enters the mediastinum, possibly damaging some of the major structures in this area. Hemodynamic instability has been reported in approximately fifty percent of cases with a mortality rate ranging from twenty to forty percent. Some studies have shown marked improvement in the mortality rate of patients who survived transfer to the operating room rather than being treated surgically in the ER.

Presentation

Complications

Complications caused by a TMGSW can range from mild to life-threatening depending on which structures are damaged. It can be rapidly lethal if a major structure is involved. Some of the possible complications caused by a TMGSW are:

Diagnosis

Stable patients

Previously every stable patient that suffered a TMGSW received extensive evaluation that included chest radiography, oesophagography, esophagoscopy, angiography, bronchoscopy, cardiac ultrasound. Grossman et al. found evidence that the trajectory of the bullet can be delineated with the use of Computed Tomographic Scan (CT). Subsequently other studies demonstrated the use of CT as a screening tool for stable patients who suffered TMGSW is a reliable tool for ruling out, diagnosing and avoiding missed injuries. For example Stassen et al. showed data of 22 stable patients who were screened with CT, chest x ray and abdominal ultrasound; seven patients showed a positive CT scan and required additional evaluation, and of these seven patients, three required surgical management.^[1] Additionally the work of Burack et al.,^[2] whose evaluation of stable patients with penetrating injuries to the mediastinum — this time including stab wounds — relied mostly on CT and ultrasound, showed similar results. The work of Ibirogba et al. did so as well.^[3] Recent data suggests that the use of CT scan with some additional noninvasive techniques, such as ultrasound and chest roentgenogram are reliable screening tools to decide whether patients need further evaluation. {{citation needed|date=August 2015}}

Unstable patients

The criteria to define a patient as stable or unstable could have variations from institution to institution. For example, Burack et al. used a list of 6 criteria in his paper that defined an unstable hemodynamic state:

One common criteria found in literature is a sustained systolic blood pressure of less than 100 mmHg, but this can be an oversimplification. Patients with clinical evidence of possible TMGSW that are considered unstable receive no further evaluation and are taken to surgery immediately.{{citation needed|date=August 2015}}

Management

Stable

Stable patients will be evaluated with CT, ultrasound, chest x ray as the institution's protocol specifies. When this initial survey is negative, patient can be observed with conservative management. In many cases, chest tubes are required due to concomitant lesions in the pleural cavity. If possible lesions are found (for example, a missile track near the trachea or esophagus, or pneumomediastinum) further investigation will follow with oesophagography, esophagoscopy, angiography, bronchoscopy as needed to rule out or confirm such a lesion, and decide whether surgical repair is warranted.

Unstable

Unstable patients are managed by operative exploration of the mediastinum. Moribund patients will go through an emergency department thoracotomy. This measure is taken because at their arrival in the emergency room, these patients are in such critical condition that they would not survive long enough to be transferred to an operating room. Outcome is very poor. Burack et al.^[2] reported only 2.8 survival of such patients in his study. In a study by Van Waes et al., (which included all thoracic penetrating injuries, not just transmediastinal) survival after emergency department thoracotomy was 25 percent.^[4] In other circumstances the unstable patient is immediately transferred to the operating room for exploration by thoracotomy or sternotomy. Survival rate has been reported as high as 75 percent when the patient is able to reach the OR.{{citation needed|date=August 2015}}

References

1. ^{{cite journal| last1 = Stassen| first1 = Nicole A.| last2 = Lukan| first2 = James K.| last3 = Spain| first3 = David A.| date = 2002| title = Re-evaluation of diagnostic procedures for transmediastinal gunshot wounds| url = | journal = The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care| publisher = | volume = 53| issue = | pages = 635–638| bibcode = | doi = | access-date= |display-authors=etal}}
2. ^¹{{cite journal| last1 = Burack| first1 = J.| last2 = Emad| first2 = K.| last3 = Sawas| first3 = A.| date = 2007| title = Triage and Outcome of Patients with Mediastinal Penetrating Trauma| url = | journal = Annals of Thoracic Surgery| publisher = | volume = 83| issue = | pages = 377–382| bibcode = | doi = | access-date= |display-authors=etal}}
3. ^{{cite journal| last1 = Ibirogba| first1 = Sheriff| last2 = Nicol| first2 = Andrew J.| last3 = Navsaria| first3 = Pradeep H.| date = 2007| title = Screening helical computed tomographic scanning in haemodynamic stable patients with transmediastinal gunshot wounds| url = | journal = Injury, Int. J. Care Injured| publisher = | volume = 38| issue = | pages = 48–52| bibcode = | doi = | access-date= |display-authors=etal}}
4. ^{{cite journal|last1 = Van Waes|first1 = OJ|last2 = Van Riet|first2 = PA|last3 = Van Lieshout|first3 = EM|last4 = Hartoq|first4 = DD|title = Immediate thoracotomy for penetrating injuries: ten years' experience at a Dutch level I trauma center|journal = Eur J Trauma Emerg Surgery |date = October 2012|pages = 543–551|volume = 38|issue = 5}}