Major Venous Injury and Large Volume Crystalloid Resuscitation: A Limb Threatening Combination

Major venous injury (MVI) affecting the lower extremity can result in subsequent amputation. The contribution of intraoperative resuscitation efforts on the need for amputation is not well defined. We hypothesized that intraoperative large volume crystalloid resuscitation (LVCR) increases the risk of amputation after MVI, while massive transfusion (MT) does not.

Source: American Journal of Surgery - October 6, 2019 Category: Surgery Authors: Elizabeth Dauer, Seiji Yamaguchi, Daohai Yu, Xiaoning Lu, Kathyrn Kelley, John Sharpe, Nathan Manley, John A. Harvin, Ethan A. Taub, Anna Goldenberg-Sandau, Krishan Patel, Ellen Omi, Hassan Mashbari, Jennifer Hartwell, Jason Brocker Source Type: research