Non-operative treatment of hepatic trauma: A changing paradigm. A Six year review of liver trauma patient in a single institute.

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Abstract
To review the managing strategies of adult patients with liver trauma in a tertiary care hospital during a six years period.The medical records of all patients admitted with a diagnosis of liver trauma from January 2012 to December 2017 in the Aga Khan University Hospital were retrospectively reviewed. The details of demographic, clinical, and outcome variables including morbidity and mortality rates were noted.A total of 182 patients were admitted at AKUH with liver trauma between January 2012 and December 2017. Twenty-two patients were excluded according to our study criteria. Of 160 patients, 139 were male and 21 were female. One hundred twenty seven (79.4%) patients were less than 45 years of age. Most patients (89.4%) had no comorbids and 48 (44%) arrived at the hospital within 4 hours of injury. Majority, 101 (63.1%) of the patients had blunt trauma and 142 (89%) met with road accidents. A total of 109 (68.1%) patients were stable at arrival and 77 (48.1%) had abdominal signs present on examination. FAST ultrasound was done on 75 (46.9%) patients and CT scan abdomen on 145 (90.6 %) patients. Liver injuries were associated with other abdominal or systemic injuries in 139 (86.6%) patients. Low grade (Grade I & II) liver injuries were found in only 41 (25.6%) patients, with the remainder being high grade (Grade III- 41 patients, Grade IV-42 patients and Grade V-2 patients). Conservative treatment was offered to 68 (41.9%) patients, of which 57 (85.1%) remained stable and were eventually discharged. Of these, 2 expired and 3 required intervention. There were a total of 92 (57.2%) interventions done of which 60 patients were cured, 14 expired and 18 readmitted. Interventions included perihepatic packing (n=18), hepatorraphy (n=3), angioembolization (n=12) and hepatectomy (n=1). There were 16(10%) deaths in which liver haemorrhage and sepsis were the most common cause of mortality. Mean hospital stay in our study population was 8.9 days. Second admission was observed in 28 (17.5%) patients (n=28). Morbidity rate in our patients was 17.5% (n=28). The most common complication noted was that of a liver abscess, developing in 2 (1.3%) patients. Other significant problems were intra-abdominal collections (n=2) and biliary complications (n=3). Unstable haemodynamic status at arrival and prolonged stay in high dependency unit were noted to be independent risk factors for mortality.Conservative treatment was found successful in most of our patients with an intervention rate of 57.5% and overall mortality rate of 10%. So, NOMLI can be safely offered to liver trauma patients, even in high grade injuries.
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Authors Siddiqui, Nadeem Ahmed;Jawed, Misaal;Pirzada, Ammar;Ahmed, Mobeen;Khan, Rehan Nasir;
Journal jpma the journal of the pakistan medical association
Year 2020
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liver trauma, non-operative treatment, angioembolization.

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