objective To analyze clinical features and treatment of patients with late-onset injuries in the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake.Methods Clinical data of three patients with late-onset injuries were analyzed retrospectively.Results The first patient was compromised with late-onset traumatic diaphragmatic hernia complicated with shock.The second and third patients were suffered from late—onset traumatic hepatic rupture.After prompt surgery operation,the first and second subjects survived.Unfortunately,the third patient died of severe abdominal infection despite successful operation .Conclusion Late-onset organ injuries must be recognized and treated promptl
To comprehend the present situation in diagnosis and treatment of traunatic hepatorrhexis in this country,693 patients with traumatic rupture of the liver in 31 hospitals where to be located in Sichuan,Zhejiang,Guizhou,Yunnan,Fujian,Heilongjiang,Gguangxi and Hebei province in this country were collected through questionnaire and analysed.The data showed that male to female ratio was 4.17 to 1,with an average of 39.3 years.Closed injury accounted for 74.5% and 53.9 percent of them were injured in traffic accident.47.4% of the patients were admitted to the hospital within 4 hours after injury.Hemorrhagic shock was present high up to 61.9%.During exploratory laparotomy,hematoperitoneum was greater than 1000ml accounted for 61.5%,injury to the right lobe of liver 70.0%,and hepatorrexis associated with other organs and tissues injuries were 19.8%.45.5% of the patients was in third degree or more according to the AAST classificatino.All of the patients were treated by surgery,83.7% percent of them with debridement and suture and omentum packing for hemostasis,49 patients undergone partial hepatectomy.The postoperative complication rate was 22.2% and mortality was 8.7%.The authors consider that to perfect the emergency treatment system,enrich the knowlege and skill of the basic personnel so that the injured can be properly treated is cruical to improve the cure rate and reduce the mortality.
Objective To discuss the diagnosis value of ultrasonography in hepatorrhexis. Methods The contrast of ultrasonography for 120 cases of hepatorrhexis with operative exploration was made. Results All of the 120 patients were examined with ultrasonography, fragmentation of liver parenchyma in 55 cases, dehiscence of liver parenchyma in 38 cases, liver subcapsular hematoma in 12 cases, and spontaneous rupture of liver cancer in 7 cases. All of the 120 patients were confirmed hepatorrhexis with laparotomy. The positive diagnostic rate of ultrasonography in the hepatorrhexis was 93.3%. Conclusion Ultrasonography is valuable for diagnosing hepatorrhexis and it is one of the important diagnostic approaches.