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SEFS 2019 Open fractures? Post it for the morning. Steven Cherney, MD. Disclosures. None. Historical 6 hour rule. Freidrich guinea pig Debridement within 6 hours = healthy. What matters most?. JOT 2015 Antibiotic prophylaxis most critical Time to coverage second. Literature support.
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SEFS 2019Open fractures? Post it for the morning Steven Cherney, MD
Disclosures • None
Historical 6 hour rule • Freidrich guinea pig • Debridement within 6 hours = healthy
What matters most? JOT 2015 • Antibiotic prophylaxis most critical • Time to coverage second
Literature support • Recently, largely no difference in time to debridement • Even up to 24h • Lack et al. 2015
JBJS 2010 • Prognostic Level II • Earlier admission to trauma center matters but OR timing does not
JBJS 2012 • Level III • No difference in infection rates
Systematic review JOT 2016 • No change in infection at 6h mark
JOT 2014 • Prospective, multicenter observational cohort Level I evidence
Duyos et al. JAAOS 2017 • Increased infection rate debridement >24h
Counterpoint • Malhotra et al. • J Trauma Acute Care Surg 2014 • Infection rate increased at 8h cutoff • Level IV
Does open injury severity play a role? • Hull et a. BJJ 2014 • Increased infection rate Type II and III open tibia fractures • No time cutoff
JOT 2014 • Projected increased cost of running ORs at night without obvious benefit • $4 million?
Dedicated Trauma Room • Ricci et al JBJS 2009 • Lower minor complication rate in cases done during the day • Bhattacharyya et al. J Trauma 2006 • Lower complications, lower cost overruns with dedicated trauma room
What about my practice? Trauma room • Staffed and available 7a-5p daily • Leave this time open • “Cold trauma” should be lowest priority in the trauma room- • Inpatients with closed injuries will get bumped • No outpatient surgery admits in the trauma room
My approach • Open fractures excluding vascular injuries can wait • “Contaminated wound” not a deciding factor • Golden rule
Support staff at night • Someone needs to pass instruments • Little ortho experience- (self-fulfilling?) • Poor attitudes • Someone needs to run the C-arm • Best C-arm tech is “on call”, but will then be unavailable in the AM
Caveats: This may not work for you • Trauma room should be available in AM or within 24h for debridement • Trauma room may not be part of your practice • No vascular injury requiring stabilization