Assessment of internal mammary artery injury after blunt chest trauma: a literature review

Assessment of internal mammary artery injury after blunt chest trauma: a literature review 钝性胸部损伤后内乳动脉损伤的评价 1 first-author 2 3 2 corresp ‡Corresponding Author ‡Corresponding Author †E-mail:zjicu@vip.163.com †E-mail:zjicu@vip.163.com zjicu@vip.163.com Department of Emergency Medicine, the Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310009, China Department of Emergency Medicine, the Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310009, China Department of Emergency Medicine, Zhejiang Hospital, Hangzhou 310053, China Department of Emergency Medicine, Zhejiang Hospital, Hangzhou 310053, China Department of Thoracic Surgery, the Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266003, China Department of Thoracic Surgery, the Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266003, China The occurrence, bleeding, and treatment of internal mammary artery (IMA) injury after blunt chest trauma have not been well described in the literature. We reviewed articles published from July 1977 to February 2014 describing IMA injury after blunt chest trauma in 49 patients. There was a predominant incidence in males and on the left side. Blunt trauma to the IMA can cause anterior mediastinal hematoma, hemothorax, pseudoaneurysm, arteriovenous fistula, and extra-pleural hematoma. Of the 49 patients studied, 20 underwent embolization, 22 underwent surgical operation, 4 were managed by clinical observation, and 3 had undescribed treatment. Different parts and extents of IMA injury, adjacent vein injury, as well as the integrity of the pleura determined differences in bleeding modality. Prompt diagnosis, complete hemostasis, aggressive resuscitation, and multidisciplinary teams are recommended for patients with IMA injury. 研究目的 2 评价钝性胸部损伤后内乳动脉损伤的发病率,出血情况和治疗效果。 创新要点 2 通过分析患者由于钝性胸部损伤导致内乳动脉破裂的病情发展，为快速诊断和治疗提供理论指导，并首次探讨了内乳动脉损伤后出血部位的形成机制。 研究方法 2 通过MEDLINE文献数据库共检索出49例由于钝性胸部损伤引起内乳动脉破裂的患者（1977年7月至2014年2月），进行了系统性分析。 重要结论 2 在分析的49例患者中，男性和左内乳动脉有更高的发病率。内乳动脉破裂出血能引起纵隔血肿﹑血胸﹑假性动脉瘤﹑动静脉瘘和胸膜外血肿。其中20例患者给予栓塞治疗，22例选择外科手术，4例进行临床观察，3例未描述治疗情况。内乳动脉损伤的不同程度和范围、临近的静脉损伤以及胸膜的完整性决定了患者的出血类型。在患者的治疗中，推荐快速诊断、彻底止血、加强复苏和团队合作。 Internal mammary artery injury Blunt chest trauma Bleeding Treatment 钝性损伤 内乳动脉 胸部 Introduction 1 Injury to the internal mammary artery (IMA) after blunt chest trauma is rarely reported in the literature. However, prompt diagnosis and treatment are necessary, as it can be associated with severe hypovolemic shock and on-going blood loss. This is a review of IMA injury secondary to blunt chest trauma. This should help to reduce misdiagnosis and avoid potentially life-threatening sequelae when such patients present to the emergency room. We also discuss the etiology, diagnosis, and management of IMA injuries following blunt trauma. Literature review 1 We conducted an extensive MEDLINE search for articles published from July 1977 to February 2014, based on the keywords “internal mammary artery injury” and “blunt chest trauma”. We found 26 case reports and 3 original articles, providing only 49 cases over the past 30 years or more. Of the three original articles, 1, 9, and 8 cases were reported, respectively. Twenty-nine cases, as complete reports, were compared by a retrospective review. Data regarding the patients’ age, sex, shock, side, bleeding, treatment, and outcome were extracted (Table 1 1 ). In addition, two case reports (Bruneton et al., 1977 1977 ; Tomcsányi et al., 1978 1978 ) without the inclusion of original data and the three original articles (Mohlala et al., 1989 1989 ; Chen et al., 2001 2001 ; Whigham et al., 2002 2002 ) without individual data records were also analyzed. AF: arteriovenous fistula; AMH: anterior mediastinal hematoma; BPE: bilateral pleural effusions; CCI: cervical cord injury; DCCJ: dislocated costo-chondral joint; II: intracranial injury; MF: multiple fracture; PC: pulmonary contusion; PCC: pulmonary contusion and consolidation; PL: pulmonary laceration; RAI: renal artery injury; RAVC: ruptured aortic valve cusp; RF: rib fracture; SF: sternum fracture Study Age (year) Gender Shock Side Comorbidity Treatment Outcome Betsch et al., 2010 2010 41 Male No Bilateral AMH, right hemothorax Embolization Survived 4 Braatz et al., 2001 2001 26 Male No Bilateral AMH, left hemothorax Operation Survived 40 Male Yes Left AMH, cardiac compression Operation Died 36 Female Yes Left AMH, RFs, splenectomy, PL, II, PC, pneumothorax Operation Died 53 Male No Left AMH, pneumothorax, left clavicular fracture, BPE Operation Survived Cagini et al., 2013 2013 64 Male No Left AMH, SF, hemothorax, PC Embolization Survived Cheng et al., 2010 2010 35 Female No Left AMH, liver laceration, SF, II, subarachnoid hemorrhage Operation Survived Hagiwara et al., 2010 2010 77 Male No Bilateral AMH, bilateral hemothorax, cardiac compression Embolization Survived Husted et al., 1982 1982 29 Male Yes Right AMH Embolization Survived Irgau et al., 1995 1995 53 Male No Left AMH, hemopneumothorax, cardiac tamponade, SF Operation Survived Ishida et al., 2013 2013 78 Male Yes Right Right hemothorax, RFs Embolization Survived Ishikawa and Brown, 1977 1977 25 Female No Left Aneurysm, AF Operation Survived Ito et al., 2005 2005 67 Male Yes Left Bilateral pneumohemothorax, C6 fracture, CCI, AF, PC Embolization Survived 3 Kawamura et al., 2006 2006 57 Male Yes Bilateral AMH, hemothorax Embolization Died 25 Female Yes Bilateral AMH, kidney laceration, cardiac tamponade, MF Embolization Survived 26 Female Yes Left AMH, hemopneumothorax, pseudoaneurysm, RAI, MF Embolization Survived Kim et al., 2012 2012 40 Male Yes Left AMH, cardiac tamponade Operation Survived Kwon et al., 2005 2005 30 Male Yes Left AMH, cardiac compression, left hemothorax Operation Survived Ma et al., 2012 2012 44 Male No Right Pseudoaneurysm Operation Survived Machin and Lau, 1995 1995 21 Male No Left Extra-pleural hematoma, DCCJ Operation Survived Madoff et al., 2000 2000 16 Male No Right AMH, pseudoaneurysm Operation Survived Nomori et al., 2003 2003 52 Male Yes Bilateral AMH, bilateral hemothorax, RF, SF Operation Survived Patel et al., 2009 2009 52 Female No Left Pseudoaneurysm Embolization Survived Radanović et al., 1996 1996 26 Male Yes Left Double false aneurysm, PL, chest hematoma, plenectomy Embolization Survived Smith et al., 1982 1982 35 Male No Left Pseudoaneurysm, RFs Embolization Survived Suh and Kim, 2008 2008 59 Female No Left Extra-thoracic hematoma Operation Survived Takeshima et al., 1997 1997 21 Female No Left AMH, pseudoaneurysm Operation Survived Wilkinson et al., 1993 1993 29 Male Yes Right False aneurysm, RFs Operation Survived Yeh et al., 2009 2009 19 Male No Bilateral AMH, RAVC, PCC, SF Embolization Survived The review of the literature showed that IMA injury is extremely rare, with only 49 cases being reported over 37 years. According to the cumulative data, the mean age of the patients was 41 years (range 16–78 years). There was a predominant incidence in males, with a male-to-female ratio of 21:8. Thirteen (45%) of the 29 patients presented with symptoms of shock. We also found that there was a predominant incidence on the left side, with a left-to-right-to-bilateral side ratio of 17:5:7. The diagnostic findings were anterior mediastinal hematoma (AMH) (19 patients, 65.5%), hemothorax (11 patients, 37.9%), pseudoaneurysm (8 patients, 27.6%), extra-pleural hematoma (2 patients, 6.9%), and arteriovenous fistula (2 patients, 6.9%). In addition, AMH combined with hemothorax (9 patients, 31%), AMH combined with pseudoaneurysm (3 patients, 10.3%), pseudoaneurysm combined with hemothorax (1 patient, 3.4%), and arteriovenous fistula combined with hemothorax (1 patient, 3.4%) were found. Other diagnostic findings included pneumothorax (5 patients, 17.2%), rib fracture (5 patients, 17.2%), sternum fracture (5 patients, 17.2%), and cardiac tamponade (6 patients, 20.7%). Of the 29 patients, 13 (44.8%) underwent transcatheter embolotherapy. Sixteen patients (55.2%) were managed by a surgical team. Three patients (10.3%) died as a result of the blunt chest trauma with a large AMH, a coexistent severely extensive intracranial injury, or a left cerebellar hemorrhage, respectively. Nine (31.0%) were motorcycle collisions and four (13.8%) were motor vehicle (Table 2 2 ). IMA: internal mammary artery; MCWAP: midair collision with another parachutist 2 Cause 2 IMA injury Case number Percentage (%) Motorcycle collision 9 31.0 Automobile collision 4 13.8 MCWAP 1 3.4 Rugby tackle 1 3.4 Multiple explosive injury 1 3.4 Jump from a 40-foot wall 1 3.4 Soccer game collision 1 3.4 Pounding chest 3 10.3 Traffic accident 3 10.3 Hit by a heavy burden 2 6.9 Fell from a height 3 10.3 In the two case reports without the inclusion of original data, Bruneton et al. ( 1977 1977 ) and Tomcsányi et al. ( 1978 1978 ) reported two arteriovenous fistulae of the IMA injury, respectively. In the three original articles without individual data records, Mohlala et al. ( 1989 1989 ) reported 10 patients (8 with blunt wounds and 2 with stab injuries) with IMA injuries. The 8 blunt trauma cases all produced a well-circumscribed hematoma in the extra-pleural plane: 5 patients underwent operative exploration and 3 were managed conservatively with observation. Chen et al. ( 2001 2001 ) reviewed the thoracic aortograms of 166 patients examined at their institution (Wake Forest University School of Medicine, USA) from May 1995 to May 1999 after blunt thoracic trauma. Of the 166 patients, 24 had aortic or arch branch vessel injuries; isolated aortic injury occurred in 15 patients (9%), branch vessel injury occurred in 9 patients (5%), and IMA injury occurred in 1 patient (0.6%) in whom pseudoaneurysm was found. Whigham et al. ( 2002 2002 ) studied 18 patients (9 with blunt trauma and 9 with penetrating injuries) with IMA injuries. The radiographic findings of the chest were mediastinal hematoma (3 patients), hemothorax (13 patients), and pneumothorax (2 patients). Of the 9 patients with blunt trauma, the age ranged 23–71 years (mean 42 years); the male-to-female ratio was 7:2; 8 patients were victims of motor vehicle accidents; 7 underwent embolization, 1 underwent surgical ligation, and 1 was managed by non-operative observation. Complications included multisystem injury (5 patients), fatal-cardiac contusion (1 patient), and delayed hemothorax (1 patient). Two patients had no complications (Table 3 3 ). Case Age (year) Gender Mechanism Therapy Complication 1 48 Male Motor vehicle accident Embolization None 2 60 Male Motor vehicle accident Embolization Multisystem injury 3 23 Male Motor vehicle accident Embolization Multisystem injury 4 41 Female Motor vehicle accident Embolization Died-cardiac contusion 5 34 Male Motor vehicle accident Embolization Multisystem injury 6 30 Male Motor vehicle accident/penetrating Operation Delayed hemothorax 7 23 Male Motor vehicle accident Observation Multisystem injury 8 71 Female Motor vehicle accident Embolization None 9 44 Male Auto-pedestrian Embolization Multisystem injury Discussion 1 Blunt chest trauma to the IMA is a perplexing problem, which is difficult to diagnose promptly. Yet, successful diagnosis and treatment are two of the most challenging tasks in trauma surgery. When an IMA injury goes undetected, the consequences are serious because of the occurrence of lethal shock in 45% of patients with IMA injury. Therefore, it is very important to investigate the occurrence, nature of bleeding, and treatment in IMA injury. For IMA injuries, these are more likely to be in males, and affect the left side. The leading causes of IMA injuries are motorcycle and automobile accidents. In traumatic aortic injuries, the site of rupture in all cases reviewed was in the region of the isthmus, just distal to the left subclavian artery (Rittenhouse et al., 1969 1969 ). Chen et al. ( 2001 2001 ) reported that 85% of the injured branch vessels directly originated from the aortic arch. Thus, the greater incidence of the left IMA may be correlated with the anatomic structure being closer to the aortic arch. The IMA arises from the concavity of the first part of the subclavian artery and immediately passes downwards, forwards and medially, lying upon the pleura in the upper intercostal spaces up to the third costal cartilage; after this, it continues anterior to the transversus thoracis muscle to end in the sixth intercostal space by dividing into the superior epigastric and musculophrenic arteries (McVay, 1984 1984 ). There are five main locations of bleeding following IMA injury: AMH, hemothorax, pseudoaneurysm, arteriovenous fistula, and extra-pleural hematoma. We found AMH combined with hemothorax or pseudoaneurysm, as well as hemothorax combined with pseudoaneurysm or arteriovenous fistula; however, all extra-pleural hematomas were found without other complications. This implies a different mechanism of formation for extra-pleural hematoma. Disruption of the IMA produces a hematoma confined by the parietal pleura and/or the transversus thoracis muscle (Mohlala et al., 1989 1989 ). In addition, the parietal pleura remains intact, and blood cannot escape into the pleural cavity. Thus, different parts and extents of IMA injury, adjacent vein injury, as well as the integrity of the pleura, determine differences in bleeding modality. Of the 49 patients studied, 20 underwent embolization, 22 underwent surgical operation, 4 were managed by clinical observation, and 3 had treatment which were not detailed. Three patients died as an indirect result of IMA injury. The success rates for the patients in the embolization group and surgically managed group were 91.6% and 66.0%, respectively (Whigham et al., 2002 2002 ). Embolotherapy offers an effective, efficient, and safe alternative to conventional surgical management of IMA injures. Although IMA transection can sometimes retract and achieve temporary hemostasis during periods of hypotension and arterial spasm, renewed bleeding may occur once the patient is resuscitated (Whigham et al., 2002 2002 ). The IMA blood flow averages 150 ml/min, which can result in a life-threatening hemorrhage within a few minutes (Ritter and Chang, 1995 1995 ). Rashid et al. ( 2001 2001 ) demonstrated that early thoracotomy is important for salvaging patients with chest-wall vascular injury. Therefore, prompt diagnosis, complete hemostasis, and aggressive resuscitation are recommended. Although embolization has a high success rate, about 45% of patients require surgical management to control bleeding. Multidisciplinary teams are recommended for patients with IMA injury, especially when the IMA injury is accompanied by a severe shock. Active extravasation of contrast material can be detected in trauma patients who are physiologically stable enough to undergo contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CT) of the thorax. CT accurately shows the anatomic location of bleeding and indicates the probable vascular origin. CT, therefore, can be used as a guide for angiographic or surgical intervention (Shanmuganathan et al., 1993 1993 ). In addition, multidetector CT angiography provides a time-efficient method for directing and planning therapy for patients with acute bleeding. The additional information provided by multidetector CT angiography before attempts at therapeutic angiographic procedures leads to faster selective catheterization of bleeding vessels, thereby facilitating embolization (Geffroy et al., 2011 2011 ). However, digital subtraction angiography has long been the gold standard for the detection of active bleeding in patients. If a hemorrhage source is identified, superselective catheterization followed by transcatheter microcoil embolization is usually the most effective means of successfully controlling hemorrhage, while minimizing potential complications (Walker et al., 2012 2012 ). Patients who are actively bleeding from the IMA should be managed with angiographic embolization as soon as possible, especially high-risk patients with shock. Angiographic embolization should always be considered before surgery. Conclusions 1 Blunt trauma to the IMA is very rare and can cause AMH, hemothorax, pseudoaneurysm, arteriovenous fistula, and extra-pleural hematoma. There is a predominant incidence in males and on the left side. Different parts and extents of IMA injury, adjacent vein injury, as well as the integrity of the pleura, determine differences in bleeding modality. Embolotherapy offers an effective alternative to conventional operation of IMA injures. Prompt diagnosis, complete hemostasis, aggressive resuscitation, and multidisciplinary teams are recommended for patients with IMA injury, especially when it is accompanied by a severe shock. References M Betsch , P Jungbluth , JP Grassmann , 等 . 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