Liver and kidney trauma - AAST grade V

Case contributed by Faeze Salahshour , 6 Aug 2020
Diagnosis certain
Changed by Joachim Feger, 5 May 2023
Disclosures - updated 26 Nov 2022: Nothing to disclose

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The patient went emergently to the operating room while resuscitating by IV fluid and packed cells. The majority of the right liver was disrupted - macerated with some hepatic fragments found in the pelvis. The foci of active bleeding packed with several elongases. No pulsatile or expansile retroperitoneal hematomahaematoma found, so no further retroperitoneal exploration was performed. A few hours later he again brought to the operating room with hypotension and blood oozing from the surgical incision and again underwent hepatic packing. The patient died from traumatic shock within 48 hours of admission.

  • -<p>The patient went emergently to the operating room while resuscitating by IV fluid and packed cells. The majority of the right liver was disrupted - macerated with some hepatic fragments found in the pelvis. The foci of active bleeding packed with several elongases. No pulsatile or expansile retroperitoneal hematoma found, so no further retroperitoneal exploration was performed. A few hours later he again brought to the operating room with hypotension and blood oozing from the surgical incision and again underwent hepatic packing. The patient died from traumatic shock within 48 hours of admission.</p>
  • +<p>The patient went emergently to the operating room while resuscitating by IV fluid and packed cells. The majority of the right liver was disrupted - macerated with some hepatic fragments found in the pelvis. The foci of active bleeding packed with several elongases. No pulsatile or expansile retroperitoneal haematoma found, so no further retroperitoneal exploration was performed. A few hours later he again brought to the operating room with hypotension and blood oozing from the surgical incision and again underwent hepatic packing. The patient died from traumatic shock within 48 hours of admission.</p>

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