Gastric Artery Injury Due to Blunt Abdominal Trauma.
| Autor: | Ichiyama S; Emergency and Disaster Medicine, Hirosaki University, Hiorosaki, JPN.; Emergency and Critical Care Center, Aomori Prefectural Central Hospital, Aomori, JPN., Ishizawa Y; Emergency and Critical Care Center, Aomori Prefectural Central Hospital, Aomori, JPN., Washida K; Emergency and Critical Care Center, Aomori Prefectural Central Hospital, Aomori, JPN., Kakehata S; Radiology, Hirosaki University, Hirosaki, JPN., Kakeda S; Radiology, Hirosaki University, Hirosaki, JPN. |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | Cureus [Cureus] 2023 Dec 06; Vol. 15 (12), pp. e50018. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Dec 06 (Print Publication: 2023). |
| DOI: | 10.7759/cureus.50018 |
| Abstrakt: | Gastric artery injury resulting from blunt abdominal trauma is rare, with only eight previous cases documented in the published literature. Our report describes a case involving an injury to the right gastric artery with concomitant injuries to the liver and spleen, for which arterial embolization targeting the right gastric artery was performed. The patient, a 66-year-old woman without any remarkable medical history, was involved in a motor vehicle accident. She was brought to the hospital in a state of shock and complaining of upper abdominal pain. Contrast-enhanced CT indicated hepatic and splenic injuries, intra-abdominal hemorrhaging, and effusion of contrast medium, suggesting involvement of the right gastric artery. Subsequent angiography confirmed irregularities in the diameter of the right gastric artery, prompting coil embolization. A conservative therapeutic approach was selected due to the absence of evidence regarding active hemorrhage or vascular injury within the hepatic or splenic regions. The patient remained clinically stable following the embolization, without any sequelae. Arterial embolization is warranted if preoperative contrast CT indicates signs of hemorrhage, even if hemostasis is ostensibly attained during angiography. Our findings allude to the feasibility of non-operative management (NOM) rather than laparotomy for cases of gastric artery injury. Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist. (Copyright © 2023, Ichiyama et al.) |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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