Management of a Multi-Level Forearm Microsurgical Reconstruction and the Following Transfusion-Related Acute Lung Injury

Abstract

Transfusion-related acute lung injury (TRALI) is a clinical syndrome characterized by acute respiratory distress following blood transfusion. This case-based technical report documents a case on the management of a multi-level forearm microsurgical reconstruction and the following TRALI syndrome that developed shortly after blood transfusion in a 29-year-old male. Multilevel microsurgical revascularization was performed via saphenous vein autograft arterial reconstruction from the proximal 1/3 ulnar artery to the ulnar side of the deep superficial palmar arterial arch. TRALI was resolved with intensive care unit monitoring and treatment. There are several reports of TRALI in literature, as well as proposed mechanisms of pathogenesis, however, no case on the management of a multilevel forearm arterial reconstruction via a long saphenous vein autograft and associated TRALI syndrome have been reported.