High pressure injection injury of the foot: a role of negative pressure wound therapy.
High pressure injection injuries (HPII) of the foot are not common in every-day practice. We present a 50-year-old patient with a HPII of the left foot caused by water-gun in a self-inflicted accident working as a technical diver four meters under the sea surface. Surgical treatment included extensive debridement of necrotic tissue and fibrin deposits and removal of foreign material. A negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) device was applied resulting in a good wound base for subsequent skin grafting leading to a good functional and cosmetic outcome.
Department of Traumatology, University Hospital of Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia. Electronic address: marin.marinovic2@gmail.com.
Marin
M
Marinovic
Bore
B
Bakota
Josip
J
Spanjol
Ivan
I
Sosa
Nikola
N
Grzalja
Gordan
G
Gulan
Aldo
A
Ivancic
Tedi
T
Cicvaric
D017523:Croatia; D003646:Debridement; D018409:Foot Injuries / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D054843:Negative-Pressure Wound Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D016038:Skin Transplantation; D007507:Therapeutic Irrigation; D016896:Treatment Outcome
Foot injury; High pressure injection injury; Negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT)