A case of bilateral trench foot.
A case of severe bilateral trench foot is presented in a patient who lived rough for 3 weeks without removing his boots. Non-operative management yielded no clinical improvement and bilateral below-knee amputation was necessary. Histology revealed subcutaneous and muscle necrosis with secondary arterial thrombosis.
Parsons
S L
SL
Department of Surgery, City Hospital, Nottingham, UK.
Leach
I H
IH
Charnley
R M
RM
D000328:Adult; D000671:Amputation, Surgical; D006703:Ill-Housed Persons; D006801:Humans; D007102:Immersion Foot / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D014887:Weather