Lesión traumática de la vena cava superior, parénquima e hilio pulmonar / Traumatic lesion of the superior vena cava, pulmonary parenchyma and hilum

El traumatismo vascular torácico se considera una de las lesiones más complejas dentro de la traumatología, el paciente está grave desde el momento del trauma y empeora rápidamente, lo que impide en muchas ocasiones llevar a cabo medidas salvadoras. Por el pronóstico fatal que presentan los pacientes con lesiones de este tipo, resulta excepcional la curación tras la cirugía. Se presenta una paciente que sufrió una lesión traumática de la vena cava superior unida a una herida transfixiante en el lóbulo superior derecho e hilio pulmonar, la que se intervino quirúrgicamente de urgencia, se le realizó sutura vascular de la cava y lobectomía superior derecha. La paciente se recuperó satisfactoriamente.

The vascular thoracic traumatism is considered one of most complex in traumatology. The patient is critical since the trauma occurs and he aggravates rapidly, which impedes many times to take saving measures. Due to the fatal prognosis presented by the patients with these lesions, their cure after surgery is exceptional. A female patient that suffered from a traumatic lesion of the superior vena cava together with a transfixing wound in the upper right lobule and pulmonary hilum, was presented. She underwent emergency surgery and vascular suture of the vena cava and right upper lobectomy were performed. The patient had a satisfactory recovery.

Shunt atricova A propósito de dos casos: Report of two cases / Atriocaval shunt

The mortality of grade V and VI liver trauma fluctuates between 30percent and 70percent. The atriocaval shunt, described by Shrock et al, in 1968, is a therapeutic option that, after being installed, allows to repair the suprahepatic veins and retrohepatic cava in a bloodless surgical field. Its use requires an experienced and skilled surgeon to obtain survival rates similar to those obtained with other methods. We report two male patients of 17 and 18 years old treated successfully with this technique after suffering a blunt and a penetrating liver trauma by a shotgun, respectively.

Lesäo de veia cava superior por objeto perfurante encravado no tórax / Retained object in the torax with injury of superior vena cava

he injuries of the superior vena cava (SVC) are uncommon and usually fatal. Despite the improvements in resuscitation and surgical techniques these injuries are associated with significant mortality, and the majority of the patients die before receiving medical attention, with massive intrathoracic hemorrhage. The authors present a case of a patient with a stab wound of the SVC treated surgically with survival. The offending object was retained inside the SVC making survival possible until the medical attention was avaliable. The authors comment on the clinical and surgical approaches for the presented case