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Greetings, Welcome to the internal educational program (IEP) of the Vanderbilt University Division of Trauma, Emergency Surgery and Surgical Critical Care. Our goal is to provide an opportunity to pursue topics germane to trauma from all aspects of the team. My hope is to explore all areas of interest throughout the course of the year including pre-hospital care, acute care issues, post-discharge requirements, as well as injury prevention. We will attempt to outline the care provided to our trauma patient population from point of injury until the patients care is completed. As you know, the trauma team consists of the Chief of the Division, Dr. Rick Miller, our Trauma Program Manager, Melissa Smith, RN, the Performance Improvement Director, Dr. Brad Dennis, the Outreach and Prevention coordinator, Cathy Wilson, RN, the Trauma Resuscitation Manager, Kevin High, RN, as well as the entire trauma faculty and Acute Care Surgery Fellows. Our multidisciplinary liaison team includes Tyler Barrett (EM), Robert Boyce (Ortho), Reid Thompson (Neurosurgery), Shannon Kilkelly (Anesthesia), Peter Bream (Radiology) and the LifeFlight team. Our goal is to improve the care of the trauma patient in a caring and consistent manner and to help minimize injury in the Middle Tennessee region through outreach and prevention efforts determined by the needs of the community. Please take a few minutes to review this material and complete the survey. Yours Truly, Oscar Guillamondegui The ACS trauma education requirement (for faculty who are not liaisons) may be met by documenting acquisition of 16 hours of trauma-related CME per year on average or by demonstrating participation in an internal educational process (IEP) conducted by the trauma program based on the principles of practice-based learning and the PIPs program. A Message from the Trauma Medical Director, Oscar Guillamondegui, MD Summer 2016
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Greetings,Welcometotheinternaleducationalprogram(IEP)oftheVanderbiltUniversityDivisionofTrauma,EmergencySurgeryandSurgicalCriticalCare.Ourgoalistoprovideanopportunitytopursuetopicsgermanetotraumafromallaspectsoftheteam.Myhopeistoexploreallareasofinterestthroughoutthecourseoftheyearincludingpre-hospitalcare,acutecareissues,post-dischargerequirements,aswellasinjuryprevention.Wewillattempttooutlinethecareprovidedtoourtraumapatientpopulationfrompointofinjuryuntilthepatientscareiscompleted.Asyouknow,thetraumateamconsistsoftheChiefoftheDivision,Dr.RickMiller,ourTraumaProgramManager,MelissaSmith,RN,thePerformanceImprovementDirector,Dr.BradDennis,theOutreachandPreventioncoordinator,CathyWilson,RN,theTraumaResuscitationManager,KevinHigh,RN,aswellastheentiretraumafacultyandAcuteCareSurgeryFellows.OurmultidisciplinaryliaisonteamincludesTylerBarrett(EM),RobertBoyce(Ortho),ReidThompson(Neurosurgery),ShannonKilkelly(Anesthesia),PeterBream(Radiology)andtheLifeFlightteam.OurgoalistoimprovethecareofthetraumapatientinacaringandconsistentmannerandtohelpminimizeinjuryintheMiddleTennesseeregionthroughoutreachandpreventioneffortsdeterminedbytheneedsofthecommunity.Pleasetakeafewminutestoreviewthismaterialandcompletethesurvey.YoursTruly,OscarGuillamondegui

TheACStraumaeducationrequirement(forfacultywhoarenotliaisons)maybemetbydocumentingacquisitionof16hoursoftrauma-relatedCMEper

yearonaverageorbydemonstratingparticipationinaninternaleducationalprocess(IEP)conductedbythetraumaprogrambasedontheprinciplesofpractice-basedlearningandthePIPsprogram.

AMessagefromtheTraumaMedicalDirector,OscarGuillamondegui,MD Summer2016

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1)WhichofthefollowingisnotgenerallyconsideredariskfactorforDVT?

a)Obesity b)Multiplelongbonefractures c)Historyofatrialfibrillation d)renalfailure2)WhatproportionofDVTsarediagnosedaccuratelybyphysicalexamfindings?

a)<5% b)25% c)50% d)>75%3)Whichofthefollowingisnotanon-invasivetesttodiagnoseaDVT?

a)Impedanceplethysmography b)duplexultrasound c)CT-venogram d)straightlegraise

4)ForwhichofthefollowingproceduresshouldpharmacologicDVTprophylaxisbeheldtoreducetheriskofbleeding?

a)Operativerepairofaruptureddiaphragm b)Posteriorfusionofspinalfracture c)Openreductionandinternalfixationofthefemur d)Closureofopenabdomen

5)WhichofthefollowingprophylacticregimensisthemosteffectiveatpreventingDVTs?

a)UnfractionatedHeparin b)LMWH c)SequentialCompressionDevices(SCDs) d)LMWH+SCDs

AnswerKeyforSpring2016TraumaIEPNewsletter

(answersareinboldandItalicsbelow)

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RichLesperance,MD CaseStudy:A19yearoldmaleisarrivesatthetraumacenterasaLevel1traumaformultiplegunshotwounds,approximatelyonehouraftertheevent.Inadditiontoseveralintra-abdominalinjuries,oneprojectiletraversedhisupperthigh.Hiswork-uprevealedaSuperficialFemoralArtery(SFA)andVein(SFV)injury,aswellasintraabdominalfindings.Aftertemporizationofhisintra-abdominalinjuries,heunderwentaninterpositiongraftrepairofhisSFAandligationofhisSFV.Theoperativeinterventionrequiredapproximatelytwohours.Inordertopreventtheoccurrenceofalowerextremitycompartmentsyndromeintheatrisklimb,aprophylacticlowerlegfasciotomywasperformed.

Introduction

Extremitycompartmentsyndromeisacommonproblemdealtwithbyorthopedic,vascularandtraumasurgeons,andfailingtodiagnoseandtreatappropriatelycanleaveapatientwithseverelife-longdisability.Whentakingcareoftraumapatientswecanencounter“compartmentsyndromes”inotherbodycavities,butthisreviewwillfocusonacuteextremitycompartmentsyndrome.

ExtremitycompartmentsyndromewasfirstrecognizedasaclinicalentitybyRichardvonVolkmanninthelate19thcentury,identifyingtissueischemiaastheuntreatedresult.Thedebilitatingforearmcontracturesfromuntreatedupperextremitycompartmentsyndromewerenamed“inhishonor.”1

Compartmentsyndromeofanextremityisfrequentlyassociatedwithalongbonefractureupto75%ofthetime;andapproximately9%ofalltibialshaftfracturescanbecomplicatedbycompartmentsyndrome.2Youngmenseemtobeatahigherriskfordevelopingcompartmentsyndrome,possiblyduetohighermusclemassinanon-distensiblefascialcompartment,whileconverselytheelderlyappeartohavealowerrisk.3Extremitycompartmentsyndromecanalsobeassociatedwithdirecttraumatothelimbintheabsenceofafracture(evenwithoutaclinicalcrushinjury),andthismaybeassociatedwithahigherincidenceofdelayintreatmentandmusclenecrosis.4Othercausesofextremitycompartmentsyndromeareburns,tightcastsordressings,penetratingtrauma,andinappropriatepositioningintheoperatingroom(especiallyduringlithotomyposition).2Unusualnon-traumaconditionssuchasGroupAStreptococcalinfectionshavebeendescribedasetiologiesaswell.5

Vascularinjuriescanalsocauseanextremitycompartmentsyndrome,eitherthroughbleedingintothemuscularcompartmentdirectlyorviaedemafromischemia-reperfusionsyndrome.6Itshouldbenotedthatthearterialinjurydoesnotneedtobelocatedinthecompartmentatrisk;proximalinjuriescanobviouslycauseischemiaindistalcompartments.Combinedarterialandvenousinjuries,suchasinourpatient,areathigherriskthaneitheralone.6

Pathophysiology

Thefascialcompartmentsenclosingmajorextremitymusclegroupsarerelativelynon-distensible,soanyedemaorinflammationinthecompartmentcancauseintra-compartmentpressurestorise.Ischemiaoccurswhencompartmentpressureexceedsthecapillaryperfusionpressure.Ifallowedtooccur,thismayleadtocellularnecrosispromotinginflammationandincreasedpressuresinapositive-feedbackcycle.7

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Peripheralsensorynervesarethemostsensitivetoischemia,showingsignsofdysfunctioninaslittleasonehour,butafterfourtosixhoursofischemiapermanentnerveandmuscledamageislikely.2

Clinicalpresentation

Theclassicalphysicalexamfindingsofcompartmentsyndromearepulselessness,pain(outofproportiontoinjury),paresthesias,paresis(muscleweakness)andpainwithpassivestretchingofthemuscle.8Additionally,palpationofthelimbinquestionmayallowthepractitionertodetecta“tense”compartment.Noneofthesephysicalexamfindingshavebeenfoundtobeveryaccuratefordiagnosis,however.

Thepresenceofdistalpulsesdoesnotexcludecompartmentsyndrome.Asmentionedabove,thesyndromeexistswhenthecompartmentpressureexceedsthecapillaryperfusionpressure;distalarterialflowisnotlostuntilthepressureexceedsthe(muchhigher)systolicBP,whichmeanssignificantcompartmentsyndromecanexistevenwithoutdistalarterialinsufficiency.

Manualdetectionof“tense”compartmentsdoesnotseemtobeveryaccurateeither.Whenorthopedicsurgeonsweretestedonafreshcadaverlegmodel,theirsensitivityindetectingincreasedcompartmentpressureswasonly24%withspecificityalittlebetterat55%,butpresumablyhalfofthepatientsundergoingafasciotomydidnotactuallyhaveelevatedpressures.9

Asystematicreview8oftheliteratureevaluatingtheaccuracyofclinicalfindingsfordiagnosisofcompartmentsyndromefoundthattheclassicalsignsofpain,paresthesia,painwithpassivestretchandparesiswerenotverysensitive(13-19%)individually,butthepresenceoftwoormoreofthesignsincreasedtheaccuracy.Ifthreeormoreofthoseclassicsignswerepresent,theauthorsfoundtheoddsofcompartmentsyndromebeingcorrectlydiagnosedroseto93%.Mostofthestudiesagreedthatpainistheearliestclinicalfinding,buttherewasawidevarietyofopinionsonwhichfindingsweremostsignificant.

Painisobviouslyaproblematicsigntorelyonfordiagnosis.Sinceacommonincitingeventforlower-extremitycompartmentsyndromeisatibialshaftfracture,ittakesanexperiencedpractitionertodifferentiatefracturepainfromthatofcompartmentsyndrome.Commonlyusedpaincontroladjunctssuchasepiduralcathetersandregionalanesthesiamaymaskworseningpainfromadevelopingcompartmentsyndrome,10althoughthisissomewhatdisputedintheorthopedicliterature.11Painassessmentbecomesdifficultinthemulti-systemtraumapatient,especiallyinICUsettings,withmultipledistractinginjuriesand,possibly,intubated.However,paininan‘uninjured’extremityshouldraiseheavysuspicionifthelimbisotherwiseatrisk(asinourcasestudy,above.)

MeasurementofCompartmentPressures

Duetothedifficultydiagnosingcompartmentsyndromeclinically,ithasbeensuggestedthatdirectmeasurementofthepressureswithinthecompartmentinquestioncouldbebeneficial.Differentmethodsofmeasuringpressureshavebeendescribed,includingasimplearterialcatheterpressure-monitoringsetup,side-holecatheters,orahand-held“Stryker”device.Cathetersmaybeleftin-dwellingincertaincircumstancestoallowcontinuousmonitoringofcompartmentpressures,aswell.12

Normalcompartmentpressuresare8-15mmHg.2Ithasbeensuggestedthatintra-compartmentpressuresgreaterthan30mmHgindicatetheneedfordecompression.13However,asmentionedabove,ischemiaresultswhenthecompartmentpressureexceedsthecapillaryperfusionpressureandhighersystemicbloodpressureswouldpresumablyovercomeahighercompartmentpressure.Forthatreason,otherauthorshaveadvocatedusingthepressuredifference(“Δp”)betweenthediastolicbloodpressureandthecompartmentpressure(capillaryperfusionpressureisratherhardtomeasure).ByonlychoosingtodecompresspatientswithaΔpoflessthan30mmHg,insteadofusinganusingtheabsolutecompartment

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pressure,onegroupfoundthattheysaved43%oftheirpatientsanunnecessarysurgerywithoutmissinganyinjuries.14

Itisdifficulttodeterminethepressurecutofffordecompressionsincethereisno“goldstandard”fordiagnosingcompartmentsyndrome.Thesurgeon’sassessmentofwhetherthemuscles“bulged”outofacompartmentduringfasciotomyhasbeenhistoricallyused,butthisissubjective.Ifthesyndromeisproperlytreatedtherearenosequelae,sotherearenohistologicorlaboratoryfindingstoconfirmretrospectively.Thismaysuggestthatcompartmentsyndromeisover-diagnosedusingcurrenttechniques.2Duetotheuncertaintyregardingmeasurementofcompartmentpressures,extremitycompartmentsyndromeremainsaclinicaldiagnosisandpressuremeasurementsshouldbeusedonlyinsupport.2,15Clinicalsuspicionshouldremainhighandrapidtreatmentperformed,ifsuspected.

TreatmentofCompartmentSyndrome

Thetreatmentofextremitycompartmentsyndromeispromptsurgicaldecompressionoftheaffectedcompartments.15Thelowerlegconsistsof4separatecompartments(figure),allofwhichwillrequirerelease.Thiscanbeaccomplishedeitherthroughasingleincisiononthelateralleg,ora“two-incision”techniqueusingamedialincisionaswell.General(trauma)andVascularsurgeonstendtouseatwo-incisiontechnique,whereassomeOrthopedicsurgeonspreferthesingle-incisiontechnique,whichmaymissthedeepposteriorcompartmentbutmaybebeneficialforfuturefracturerepair.Aslongasallfourlegcompartmentsareappropriatelyreleased,however,thereisnodifferenceinoutcomes.16,17

Adelayinfasciotomyincreasesmorbidity.Asmentionedabove,nervesbecomeischemicinapproximatelyonehour,andmuscletissuesuffersirreversibledamageafterfourtosixhours.Thecompartmentsshouldbedecompressedurgentlywhenthediagnosisofcompartmentsyndromeismade.Delayinsurgicaltherapyisassociatedwithmorewoundcomplications,worsefunctionaloutcomes,andhigherratesoflimblossandmortality.18-20Evenwithknowndeficit,decompressionshouldstillbeperformedurgentlyifthereisanyresidualneuromuscularfunctionintheaffectedextremity,21althoughthisiscontroversialandsomeauthorsclaimbetteroutcomesifsurgeryisnotperformedforaseriouslydelayeddiagnosis.22

Whilefasciotomyisnecessarytotreatextremitycompartmentsyndrome,itisnotanentirelybenignprocedure,evenwhendoneprophylacticallybeforetheonsetofsymptoms,thereisahighincidenceofwoundcomplications18,23andneedforskingraftingfordefinitiveclosure.Neurovascularstructurescanbeeasilyinjuredduringtheprocedure,thesuperficialperonealnerveisthemostfrequentlyidentifiedinjuredstructure,occurringinupto6%offasciotomies.23Inaddition,fasciotomyforcompartmentsyndromehasbeenassociatedwithincreasedratesofinfectionandmal-unionoftibialfractures,24,25althoughpresumablythecomplicationsresultfromthecompartmentsyndromeitself,andoutcomeswouldbeworsewithouttreatment.

Conclusion

Extremitycompartmentsyndromeisadifficultdiagnosisthatoftenmustbemadebasedonclinicalprowessintheatriskpatientpopulation.Allpractitionerscaringfortraumapatientsmustbefamiliarwiththewarningsigns.Directtraumatothelimbisnotalwaysrequiredforcompartmentsyndrometooccur;proximalvasculartraumaorarterialinsufficiencymaycausethesyndromeindistalextremities.Directmeasurementofcompartmentpressuresisinvasive,andnotitselfdiagnostic,butmaybehelpfulinpatientsotherwisedifficulttoexamine.Promptsurgicaldecompressionofallcompartmentsatriskistherecommendedtreatment,althoughtheprocedurecarriesasignificantcomplicationrate.

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1. DenteCJ,WyrzykowskiAD,FelicianoDV.Fasciotomy.CurrProblSurg.Oct2009;46(10):779-839.2. vonKeudellAG,WeaverMJ,AppletonPT,etal.Diagnosisandtreatmentofacuteextremitycompartmentsyndrome.Lancet.Sep262015;386(10000):1299-1310.3. McQueenMM,GastonP,Court-BrownCM.Acutecompartmentsyndrome.Whoisatrisk?JBoneJointSurgBr.Mar2000;82(2):200-203.4. HopeMJ,McQueenMM.Acutecompartmentsyndromeintheabsenceoffracture.JOrthopTrauma.Apr2004;18(4):220-224.5. KleshinskiJ,BittarS,WahlquistM,EbraheimN,DugganJM.ReviewofcompartmentsyndromeduetogroupAstreptococcalinfection.AmJMedSci.Sep2008;336(3):265-269.6. FelicianoDV.Managementofperipheralarterialinjury.CurrOpinCritCare.Dec2010;16(6):602-608.7. MauserN,GisselH,HendersonC,HaoJ,HakD,MauffreyC.Acutelower-legcompartmentsyndrome.Orthopedics.Aug2013;36(8):619-624.8. UlmerT.Theclinicaldiagnosisofcompartmentsyndromeofthelowerleg:areclinicalfindingspredictiveofthedisorder?JOrthopTrauma.Sep2002;16(8):572-577.9. ShulerFD,DietzMJ.Physicians'abilitytomanuallydetectisolatedelevationsinlegintracompartmentalpressure.JBoneJointSurgAm.Feb2010;92(2):361-367.10. AzamMQ,AliMS,AlRuwailiM,AlSayedHN.Compartmentsyndromeobscuredbypost-operativeepiduralanalgesia.ClinPract.Jan12012;2(1):e19.11. WalkerBJ,NoonanKJ,BosenbergAT.Evolvingcompartmentsyndromenotmaskedbyacontinuousperipheralnerveblock:evidence-basedcasemanagement.RegAnesthPainMed.Jul-Aug2012;37(4):393-397.12. ShadganB,MenonM,O'BrienPJ,ReidWD.Diagnostictechniquesinacutecompartmentsyndromeoftheleg.JOrthopTrauma.Sep2008;22(8):581-587.13. MubarakSJ,OwenCA,HargensAR,GarettoLP,AkesonWH.Acutecompartmentsyndromes:diagnosisandtreatmentwiththeaidofthewickcatheter.JBoneJointSurgAm.Dec1978;60(8):1091-1095.14. McQueenMM,Court-BrownCM.Compartmentmonitoringintibialfractures.Thepressurethresholdfordecompression.JBoneJointSurgBr.Jan1996;78(1):99-104.15. ShadganB,MenonM,SandersD,etal.Currentthinkingaboutacutecompartmentsyndromeofthelowerextremity.Canadianjournalofsurgery.Journalcanadiendechirurgie.Oct2010;53(5):329-334.16. BibleJE,McClureDJ,MirHR.Analysisofsingle-incisionversusdual-incisionfasciotomyfortibialfractureswithacutecompartmentsyndrome.JOrthopTrauma.Nov2013;27(11):607-611.

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17. NealM,HenebryA,MamczakCN,RulandR.TheEfficacyofaSingle-IncisionVersusTwo-IncisionFour-CompartmentFasciotomyoftheLeg:ACadavericModel.JOrthopTrauma.May2016;30(5):e164-168.18. VelmahosGC,TheodorouD,DemetriadesD,etal.Complicationsandnonclosureratesoffasciotomyfortraumaandrelatedriskfactors.WorldJSurg.Mar-Apr1997;21(3):247-252;discussion253.19. RitenourAE,DorlacWC,FangR,etal.Complicationsafterfasciotomyrevisionanddelayedcompartmentreleaseincombatpatients.JTrauma.Feb2008;64(2Suppl):S153-161;discussionS161-152.20. WilliamsAB,LuchetteFA,PapaconstantinouHT,etal.Theeffectofearlyversuslatefasciotomyinthemanagementofextremitytrauma.Surgery.Oct1997;122(4):861-866.21. KonstantakosEK,DalstromDJ,NellesME,LaughlinRT,PraysonMJ.Diagnosisandmanagementofextremitycompartmentsyndromes:anorthopaedicperspective.AmSurg.Dec2007;73(12):1199-1209.22. GlassGE,StaruchRM,SimmonsJ,etal.Managingmissedlowerextremitycompartmentsyndromeinthephysiologicallystablepatient:AsystematicreviewandlessonsfromalevelItraumacenter.JTraumaAcuteCareSurg.May182016.23. KashukJL,MooreEE,PinskiS,etal.Lowerextremitycompartmentsyndromeintheacutecaresurgeryparadigm:safetylessonslearned.PatientSafSurg.2009;3(1):11.24. ReverteMM,DimitriouR,KanakarisNK,GiannoudisPV.Whatistheeffectofcompartmentsyndromeandfasciotomiesonfracturehealingintibialfractures?Injury.Dec2011;42(12):1402-1407.25. BlairJA,StoopsTK,DoarnMC,etal.InfectionandNonunionAfterFasciotomyforCompartmentSyndromeAssociatedWithTibiaFractures:AMatchedCohortComparison.JOrthopTrauma.Jul2016;30(7):392-396.

MelissaSmith–[email protected]

OscarGuillamondegui–TraumaMedical

[email protected]

BradDennis–[email protected]

CathyWilson–TraumaOutreach&Injury

[email protected]

RichLesperance–ACSFellow/[email protected]

UpcomingCourses

2016 Courses: ATLSProvider:Aug11th&12thASSET:Sept2ndATLSProvider:Sept22nd&23rdATLSRefresher:Oct13thATLSProvider:Nov17th&18thATLSRefresher:Dec8th

Summer2016Contributors

TraumaIEPNewsletter

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NewFaces

Dr.AllanPeetzTraumaFaculty

AssistantProfessoratCaseWesternTraumaandAcuteCareSurgeryFellowshipfromBrighamand

Woman’sHospitalMDfromUniversityOfMichigan

Dr.CallieThompsonBurn/TraumaFaculty

Burn,Trauma,CriticalCareFellowshipfromWashingtonMDfromMeharryMedical

College

Dr.BrackenArmstrongSCC/ACSFellow2016-2018Residency:UnivofNevadaMD:GeorgetownUnivSchool

ofMedicine

Dr.SethBellisterSCC/ACSFellow2016-2018Residency:UTHouston

MD:UnivofNevadaSchoolofMedicine

Dr.RichardBetzoldSCC/ACSFellow2016-2018

Residency:ArkansasMD:UnivofArkansasSchool

ofMedicine

Dr.JillStreams

SCC/ACSFellow2016-2018Residency:NorthwesternMD:VanderbiltUnivSchool

ofMedicine

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Division of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care

For any questions in regards to the IEP or Trauma cases

please contact:

Melissa Smith: 322.6745 Oscar Guillamondegui: 936.0180

or Brad Dennis: 936.0286


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