Near-Complete Traumatic Amputation of the Forefoot After Motorboat Propeller Injury

We report a case of a near-complete amputation of the forefoot of a 20-year-old man as a result of a motorboat propeller injury sustained in a saltwater river. He was treated with open reduction, percutaneous pinning, extensor tendon repair, and an extended course of antibiotic prophylaxis. We revie...

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Autores principales: Retzky, Julia S., Humbyrd, Casey Jo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2019
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8696818/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35097315
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2473011418822278
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description We report a case of a near-complete amputation of the forefoot of a 20-year-old man as a result of a motorboat propeller injury sustained in a saltwater river. He was treated with open reduction, percutaneous pinning, extensor tendon repair, and an extended course of antibiotic prophylaxis. We review the literature regarding motorboat propeller injuries to the foot and ankle.
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spelling pubmed-86968182022-01-28 Near-Complete Traumatic Amputation of the Forefoot After Motorboat Propeller Injury Retzky, Julia S. Humbyrd, Casey Jo Foot Ankle Orthop Case Report We report a case of a near-complete amputation of the forefoot of a 20-year-old man as a result of a motorboat propeller injury sustained in a saltwater river. He was treated with open reduction, percutaneous pinning, extensor tendon repair, and an extended course of antibiotic prophylaxis. We review the literature regarding motorboat propeller injuries to the foot and ankle. SAGE Publications 2019-02-12 /pmc/articles/PMC8696818/ /pubmed/35097315 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2473011418822278 Text en © The Author(s) 2019 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) ) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).
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