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General Surgery

Abdominal Vascular Emergencies

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9 sections · 187 slides

  1. 01

    Overview

    • Scope of this topic
    • How the topic is organised

    2 slides

  2. 02

    Recognising an abdominal vascular emergency

    Two clinical patterns, and the tests that separate them

    • Two patterns of acute vascular disease
    • Presentation of the bleeding group
    • Presentation of the thrombotic group
    • Plain radiographs and computed tomography
    • Retroperitoneal blood on non-contrast computed tomography
    • Indirect CT clues and diagnosis at laparotomy

    6 slides

  3. 03

    Exposure and control of the abdominal vessels

    Proximal control first, in normal vessel, before anything is opened

    • Principles of operative vascular control
    • Antegrade and retrograde balloon control
    • Balloon tamponade of collateral back bleeding
    • Supraceliac aortic control
    • Steps in exposing the supraceliac aorta
    • Complete division of the left crus
    • Encircling the aorta with the fingers
    • Dividing the gastrohepatic ligament and the left crus
    • Encircling the supraceliac aorta by finger dissection
    • Exposure of the visceral aorta
    • Mobilising the left colon along Toldt's line
    • Aorta exposed after left medial visceral rotation
    • Infrarenal aortic exposure
    • The left renal vein and its tributaries
    • Exposure of the infrarenal aorta and the iliac vessels
    • Exposure of the iliac arteries
    • Danger at the aortic bifurcation
    • Exposure of the distal iliac vessels and the crossing ureter
    • Exposure of the celiac artery and its branches
    • Exposure of the hepatic and splenic arteries
    • Exposure of the superior mesenteric artery
    • Exposure of the superior mesenteric artery through the mesocolon
    • Exposure of the renal arteries
    • Exposure of the right renal artery
    • Right medial visceral rotation exposing the vena cava
    • Exposure and compression of the abdominal veins
    • Digital and sponge stick control of the vena cava

    27 slides

  4. 04

    Principles of arterial repair

    What the defect, the collaterals and the contamination allow

    • Factors that decide the repair
    • Primary repair and ligation
    • Conduit choice in a clean field
    • Conduit choice with contamination
    • Choosing the conduit by contamination

    5 slides

  5. 05

    Acute mesenteric ischemia

    Pain out of proportion, a delayed diagnosis, and a high mortality

    • Presentation and laboratory findings
    • Imaging in mesenteric ischemia
    • Causes of acute mesenteric ischemia
    • 30-40%
    • Initial management common to all types
    • Acute mesenteric embolisation
    • Where mesenteric emboli lodge
    • Angiographic cut-off of the superior mesenteric artery
    • Superior mesenteric artery embolus on computed tomography
    • Technique of mesenteric embolectomy
    • Adjuncts during embolectomy
    • Catheter-directed thrombolysis
    • Acute mesenteric thrombosis
    • Thrombosis at the origin of the superior mesenteric artery
    • Embolus compared with thrombosis
    • Operative approach to mesenteric thrombosis
    • Geometry of the mesenteric bypass
    • Retrograde bypass to the superior mesenteric artery
    • Endovascular treatment of mesenteric thrombosis
    • Laparotomy after stenting, and retrograde open stenting
    • Nonocclusive ischemia of the colon
    • Management of ischemic colon in low-flow states
    • Nonocclusive mesenteric ischemia
    • Diagnosis and treatment of nonocclusive ischemia
    • Mesenteric venous thrombosis and prothrombotic states
    • Thrombus in the superior mesenteric vein
    • Treatment of mesenteric venous thrombosis
    • Judging viability of the large bowel
    • Judging viability of the small bowel
    • Fluorescein testing of bowel perfusion
    • Second-look laparotomy
    • Rationale of the staged approach

    32 slides

  6. 06

    Abdominal vascular trauma

    Damage control first, definitive repair second

    • Frequency and pattern of vascular injury
    • Initial assessment and triage
    • Sequence in the operating room
    • Damage control for vascular injury
    • Damage control combined with endovascular repair
    • Deciding whether to explore a contained hematoma
    • Rules before entering a hematoma
    • Injuries to the suprarenal aorta and vena cava
    • Open repair of the suprarenal aorta
    • Buttressing and limits of aortic repair
    • Endovascular repair of the injured aorta
    • Open repair of the suprarenal inferior vena cava
    • Retrohepatic caval and hepatic vein injuries
    • Endovascular options in the suprarenal cava
    • Repair of the infrarenal aorta and iliac arteries
    • Graft or ligation in the aortoiliac segment
    • Specific iliac artery injuries
    • Endovascular repair in the aortoiliac segment
    • Infrarenal cava and iliac vein injuries
    • Repair or ligation of large abdominal veins
    • Conduit choice for venous reconstruction
    • Traumatic arteriovenous fistula
    • Repair of an arteriovenous fistula
    • Closing the communication from within
    • Endovascular treatment of arteriovenous fistula
    • Trauma to the celiac axis and splenic vessels
    • Hepatic artery injuries
    • Injuries to the superior mesenteric artery
    • Mesenteric branch and inferior mesenteric artery injuries
    • Injuries to the splenic, mesenteric and portal veins
    • Portal vein injuries
    • Exposure of the retropancreatic portal vein
    • Renal artery injuries
    • When to revascularise the kidney
    • Renal vein injuries

    35 slides

  7. 07

    Ruptured aortic and iliac aneurysms

    The commonest lethal vascular emergency in the abdomen

    • Pathophysiology of abdominal aortic aneurysm
    • Familial and sex-linked risk
    • 15th
    • Diameter as the main predictor of rupture
    • Other independent risk factors for rupture
    • Classic presentation and its traps
    • Who should be suspected, and aortocaval fistula
    • Diagnostic imaging in suspected rupture
    • Computed tomography in ruptured aneurysm
    • Ruptured aneurysm with retroperitoneal hematoma
    • Preoperative management
    • Preparation for open repair
    • Deciding where to clamp
    • Intravascular balloon control before laparotomy
    • Approaching the aneurysm sac
    • Elevating the aortic neck off the spine
    • Controlling the iliac arteries
    • Opening the sac and controlling back bleeding
    • Suture control of lumbar vessels from inside the aneurysm
    • Repair of an aortocaval fistula from within the sac
    • Reimplantation of the inferior mesenteric artery
    • Sewing the proximal anastomosis
    • Completing the graft
    • Completed aortic tube graft
    • Restoring flow to the legs
    • Checking the colon and closing
    • Rationale for endovascular aneurysm repair
    • Anatomic criteria for endovascular repair
    • Other anatomical considerations
    • Anesthesia and balloon use in endovascular repair
    • Steps of endovascular repair
    • Suprarenal occlusion balloon and sheathed stent graft
    • Finishing the endovascular repair
    • Endoleak types and what they demand
    • Completed endograft excluding the aneurysm
    • Alternative endovascular strategies
    • Reported results of open and endovascular repair

    37 slides

  8. 08

    Visceral artery aneurysms

    Uncommon, often silent, and dangerous when they burst

    • Frequency and significance
    • Frequency, rupture risk and repair of visceral artery aneurysms
    • Frequency, rupture risk and treatment by site
    • Splenic artery aneurysms
    • Causes and presentation of splenic aneurysms
    • Operative treatment of ruptured splenic aneurysm
    • Endovascular treatment of splenic aneurysms
    • Hepatic artery aneurysms: causes and presentation
    • Treatment of ruptured hepatic artery aneurysms
    • Difficult hepatic aneurysms and the aortohepatic bypass
    • Ligation and endovascular options in the liver
    • Superior mesenteric artery aneurysms
    • Treatment of ruptured mesenteric artery aneurysms
    • Access and embolisation for mesenteric aneurysms
    • Celiac artery aneurysms
    • When to reconstruct the celiac artery
    • Gastric and gastroepiploic aneurysms
    • Gastroduodenal and pancreatic aneurysms
    • Aneurysms of mesenteric branches
    • Inferior mesenteric artery aneurysms

    20 slides

  9. 09

    Complications after aneurysm rupture

    Bleeding, pressure, dead colon, and failing organs

    • Burden of complications and postoperative bleeding
    • Abdominal compartment syndrome
    • Recognising and treating raised abdominal pressure
    • Colon ischemia after ruptured aneurysm repair
    • Systemic complications after rupture
    • Limb ischemia after aneurysm repair
    • Key points on diagnosis and control
    • Key points on the three emergencies
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    • Maingot's Abdominal Operations, 12th Edition

    23 slides