title: The management of dog bite injuries of genitalia in paediatric age.
abstract: Dog bite injuries are common in children and represent an important health-care problem. Most dog bite injuries involve the face or an extremity. Victims tend to seek medical care quickly. Dog bites to the external genitalia are rarely reported, but they potentially result in morbidity if improperly managed. Morbidity is also directly related to the severity of initial wound. Guidelines for the management of dog bites include irrigation, debridement, antibiotic therapy, consideration of tetanus and rabies immunisation and suture of wounds or surgical reconstruction. Literature review was conducted and focused to analyze the management of dog bite lesions involving external genitalia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, S.C. di Clinica Chirurgica Pediatrica, Università degli Studi di Perugia, Ospedale S. Maria della Misericordia, Loc. S. Andrea delle Fratte, 06100 Perugia, Italy.
authors.forename: Mirko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bertozzi
authors.forename: Antonino
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Appignani
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001733:Bites and Stings / Q000601:surgery*; D002648:Child; D003646:Debridement / Q000379:methods*; D004285:Dogs; D005835:Genitalia / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*