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Retroperitoneal Packing or Angioembolization for Hemorrhage Control of Pelvic Fractures

Retroperitoneal Packing or Angioembolization for Hemorrhage Control of Pelvic Fractures - Quasi-randomized Clinical Trial of 56 Hemodynamically Unstable Patients With Injury Severity Score ≥ 33

Status
Completed
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT02535624
Enrollment
56
Registered
2015-08-28
Start date
2003-02-28
Completion date
2013-02-28
Last updated
2017-10-30

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Conditions

Shock, Hemorrhagic, Fractures, Bone, Multiple Trauma

Brief summary

This study is designed to answer whether minimal invasive vessel clotting (angioembolization) or open surgery (retroperitoneal packing) is more effective for pelvic fractures with massive bleeding. Patients admitted at daytime (7am-5pm) are treated with angioembolization while patients admitted at nighttime (5pm to 7am) are treated with open surgery.

Detailed description

In patients with pelvic fracture uncontrollable bleeding is the major cause of death within the first 24h after injury. Early hemorrhage control is therefore vital for successful treatment. Nowadays, recommended techniques for hemorrhage control in pelvic fractures are retroperitoneal pelvic packing and angioembolization, dependent upon the available technical staff and resources and the condition of the patient. Retroperitoneal pelvic packing, on the one hand, is a relatively simple method in controlling pelvic hemorrhage even with limited resources. Since 89% of pelvic fracture hemorrhage originates from venous bleeding, fracture stabilization and compressive hemostasis by packing is a reasonable approach. Angioembolization, on the other hand, has great high effectiveness with regard to bleeding control, but requires an angiography suite and technical staff. Since hemostasis of retroperitoneal venous bleeding often can be achieved by external pelvic fixation, angioembolization is required for the 11% arterial bleedings which are hard to control by packing. Even though many authors see both methods as complements, time is crucial in the multitrauma setting and the severely injured patient does not tolerate multiple interventions well. Until now good predictors for treatment choice are unavailable, and management of hemodynamically unstable pelvic fractures remains a matter of debate. This study was designed to answer following questions: * Is retroperitoneal pelvic packing or angiography superior with regard to in-hospital mortality, complications, required secondary procedures, or post-intervention blood loss? * Which of these methods is the more rapid intervention in the acute setting?

Interventions

PROCEDUREPACKING

By retroperitoneal access the space in front of the pelvic fracture is compressed with surgical towels, which stops effectively venous bleeding

PROCEDUREANGIO

Using en endovascular approach, bleeding arteries are identified and clotted using embolizing agents, or coils.

Sponsors

Shandong Provincial Hospital
CollaboratorOTHER_GOV
Uppsala University
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 65 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* multitrauma defined as Injury Severity Score (ISS) \> 17 * dislocated pelvic fracture type B or C according to Tile\[10\] on emergency department pelvic radiograph * hemodynamic instability defined as systolic blood pressure (SBP) \<90 mmHg after administration of 4 units of packed red blood cells (PRBC).

Exclusion criteria

* monotrauma, or ISS ≤ 17 * age \> 65 years * age \< 18 years

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Number of participants deceased occurring in-hospital during or after treatment with packing or embolizationparticipants will be followed for the duration of hospital stay, an expected average of 6 weeks

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Number of postoperative packed red blood cell units administered for each participantparticipants will be followed for the duration of hospital stay, an expected average of 6 weeks
Number of participants which required a secondary procedure (PACKING or ANGIO) after the primary intervention (PACKING or ANGIO)participants will be followed for the duration of hospital stay, an expected average of 6 weeksPacking for ANGIO and angioembolization for PACKING.
Number of Participants with Adverse Events as a Measure of Safety and Tolerabilityparticipants will be followed for the duration of hospital stay, an expected average of 6 weeks
Procedural/surgical time (in minutes) for each participantparticipants will be followed for the duration of hospital stay, an expected average of 6 weeks
Days on ICU for each participantparticipants will be followed for the duration of hospital stay, an expected average of 6 weeks
Time from admission (in minutes) to treatment (PACKING or ANGIO) for each participantparticipants will be followed for the duration of hospital stay, an expected average of 6 weeks

Countries

China

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Mar 15, 2026