Cargando…
The Importance of Prompt Management of Morel-Lavallée Lesions
The Morel-Lavallée lesion (MLL) is a closed soft-tissue injury that is frequently associated with high-intensity trauma. The thigh, hip, and pelvic regions are the most typically affected regions. It is critical to recognize and treat an MLL as soon as possible because it is often neglected or its i...
Autores principales: | , , , |
---|---|
Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
Publicado: |
Cureus
2022
|
Materias: | |
Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9153059/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35663671 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.24639 |
_version_ | 1784717773409091584 |
---|---|
author | Khan, Khizar K Dhaniwala, Nareshkumar S Gupta, Sarthak Kekatpure, Aditya L |
author_facet | Khan, Khizar K Dhaniwala, Nareshkumar S Gupta, Sarthak Kekatpure, Aditya L |
author_sort | Khan, Khizar K |
collection | PubMed |
description | The Morel-Lavallée lesion (MLL) is a closed soft-tissue injury that is frequently associated with high-intensity trauma. The thigh, hip, and pelvic regions are the most typically affected regions. It is critical to recognize and treat an MLL as soon as possible because it is often neglected or its identification is delayed because of other distracting injuries in a polytrauma patient. Bacterial colonization of these closed soft-tissue wounds can result in an increased risk of perioperative and postoperative infection. Magnetic resonance imaging has recently been used to define and grade these lesions. To reduce the dangers of these situations, clinical suspicion and on-the-spot identification of these lesions are essential. Here, we report an operated case of fracture shaft femur associated with MLLs and discuss the diagnostic and surgical approaches. |
format | Online Article Text |
id | pubmed-9153059 |
institution | National Center for Biotechnology Information |
language | English |
publishDate | 2022 |
publisher | Cureus |
record_format | MEDLINE/PubMed |
spelling | pubmed-91530592022-06-02 The Importance of Prompt Management of Morel-Lavallée Lesions Khan, Khizar K Dhaniwala, Nareshkumar S Gupta, Sarthak Kekatpure, Aditya L Cureus Orthopedics The Morel-Lavallée lesion (MLL) is a closed soft-tissue injury that is frequently associated with high-intensity trauma. The thigh, hip, and pelvic regions are the most typically affected regions. It is critical to recognize and treat an MLL as soon as possible because it is often neglected or its identification is delayed because of other distracting injuries in a polytrauma patient. Bacterial colonization of these closed soft-tissue wounds can result in an increased risk of perioperative and postoperative infection. Magnetic resonance imaging has recently been used to define and grade these lesions. To reduce the dangers of these situations, clinical suspicion and on-the-spot identification of these lesions are essential. Here, we report an operated case of fracture shaft femur associated with MLLs and discuss the diagnostic and surgical approaches. Cureus 2022-05-01 /pmc/articles/PMC9153059/ /pubmed/35663671 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.24639 Text en Copyright © 2022, Khan et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Orthopedics Khan, Khizar K Dhaniwala, Nareshkumar S Gupta, Sarthak Kekatpure, Aditya L The Importance of Prompt Management of Morel-Lavallée Lesions |
title | The Importance of Prompt Management of Morel-Lavallée Lesions |
title_full | The Importance of Prompt Management of Morel-Lavallée Lesions |
title_fullStr | The Importance of Prompt Management of Morel-Lavallée Lesions |
title_full_unstemmed | The Importance of Prompt Management of Morel-Lavallée Lesions |
title_short | The Importance of Prompt Management of Morel-Lavallée Lesions |
title_sort | importance of prompt management of morel-lavallée lesions |
topic | Orthopedics |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9153059/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35663671 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.24639 |
work_keys_str_mv | AT khankhizark theimportanceofpromptmanagementofmorellavalleelesions AT dhaniwalanareshkumars theimportanceofpromptmanagementofmorellavalleelesions AT guptasarthak theimportanceofpromptmanagementofmorellavalleelesions AT kekatpureadityal theimportanceofpromptmanagementofmorellavalleelesions AT khankhizark importanceofpromptmanagementofmorellavalleelesions AT dhaniwalanareshkumars importanceofpromptmanagementofmorellavalleelesions AT guptasarthak importanceofpromptmanagementofmorellavalleelesions AT kekatpureadityal importanceofpromptmanagementofmorellavalleelesions |