Prijon and Ermenc reported a classification for the consequences of blunt trauma to the aorta with rupture. The authors are from the University of Ljubljana in Slovenia.
|
Term |
Description |
|
tear |
limited injury involving only part of a wall |
|
laceration or rupture |
injury involving the entire wall (transmural) |
|
transection |
laceration of most or all of the circumference |
Major types of blunt aortic trauma:
(1) intramural (Type I)
(2) transmural (Type II)
(3) multiple (Type III)
|
Type I Injury |
Subtype |
|
tear of the tunica intima |
IA |
|
tear of the tunica intima and inner layer of tunica media |
IB |
|
tear of the tunica intimae and outer layer of tunica media with or without involvement of the adventitia |
IC |
|
pseudoaneurysm |
ID |
|
Type II Injury |
Subtype |
|
partial transmural rupture |
IIA |
|
total transmural rupture |
IIB |
|
transection (transmural rupture through total aortic circumference) |
IIB |
|
rupture of pseudoaneurysm |
IIIC |
|
Type III Injury |
Subtype |
|
multiple Type I ruptures |
IIIA |
|
multiple Type II ruptures |
IIIC |
|
multiple Type I and Type II ruptures |
IIIB |
Specialty: Surgery, orthopedic, Emergency Medicine, Critical Care, Surgery, general, Cardiology
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