meglumine-ioxithalamate and Emergencies

To evaluate the efficiency of emergency suction in extravasation injuries of contrast medium, records of 11 patients treated for extravasation injuries with a combination of suction and saline washout were reviewed. All of the patients were treated in the first 2 hours after injury. The mean extravasated volume was 55 cc. There were no surgery-related complications, and all the patients experienced a relief of their preoperative pain. Except for two patients with blisters at admission, none of them suffered skin or soft-tissue necrosis. Mean time to complete healing was 9 days. Emergency suction therapy is safe and effective in preventing the skin and soft-tissue necrosis associated with extravasation injuries of hyperosmolar contrast medium.

Topics: Aged; Burns, Chemical; Contrast Media; Emergencies; Extravasation of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Materials; Female; Humans; Infusions, Intravenous; Iothalamate Meglumine; Lipectomy; Male; Middle Aged; Therapeutic Irrigation; Tomography, X-Ray Computed