PURPOSE: To analyze the management and outcome of iatrogenic injuries to the abdominal and pelvic veins. METHODS: We reviewed a series of patients who sustained iatrogenic vein injuries between 1989 and 2004. RESULTS: Thirty patients (21 men and 9 women ranging in age from 38 to 82 years; mean age, 53.6 years) sustained major vein injuries during general (46%), gynecological (20%), orthopedic (13%), colorectal (10%), or urologic (10%) operations. The following veins were injured: inferior vena cava (n=10), portal vein (n=4), iliac vein (n=15), and renal vein (n=1). The following types of repair were carried out: venorrhaphy (56%), end-to-end anastomosis (10%), and an interposition graft (33%). Seven patients (23%) died of injury-related causes and 18 (60%) suffered major injury-related complications, including bleeding requiring repeat exploration (n=7), disseminated vascular coagulopathy (DIC; n=5), venous thrombosis (n=4), and lower limb arterial ischemia (n=2). There were two cases of late venous thrombosis. CONCLUSION: Iatrogenic vein injuries can occur during radical surgery for cancer and are associated with high morbidity and mortality as a result of massive bleeding. Rapid vascular control and venous repair improve early and late outcome.
PURPOSE: To analyze the management and outcome of iatrogenic injuries to the abdominal and pelvic veins. METHODS: We reviewed a series of patients who sustained iatrogenic vein injuries between 1989 and 2004. RESULTS: Thirty patients (21 men and 9 women ranging in age from 38 to 82 years; mean age, 53.6 years) sustained major vein injuries during general (46%), gynecological (20%), orthopedic (13%), colorectal (10%), or urologic (10%) operations. The following veins were injured: inferior vena cava (n=10), portal vein (n=4), iliac vein (n=15), and renal vein (n=1). The following types of repair were carried out: venorrhaphy (56%), end-to-end anastomosis (10%), and an interposition graft (33%). Seven patients (23%) died of injury-related causes and 18 (60%) suffered major injury-related complications, including bleeding requiring repeat exploration (n=7), disseminated vascular coagulopathy (DIC; n=5), venous thrombosis (n=4), and lower limb arterial ischemia (n=2). There were two cases of late venous thrombosis. CONCLUSION:Iatrogenic vein injuries can occur during radical surgery for cancer and are associated with high morbidity and mortality as a result of massive bleeding. Rapid vascular control and venous repair improve early and late outcome.
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