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soft tissue trauma

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Introduction

  • soft tissue trauma may be:
    • blunt trauma:
      • abrasion
      • friction burn
      • haematoma
      • laceration
        • skin is pulled apart, usually leaving underlying blood vessels and nerves intact
      • de-gloving injury:
        • skin eg. fingers
        • deeper soft tissues (Morel-Lavallée lesion)
          • these require early Rx +/- surgical exploration and drainage to remove necrosed fat, etc
      • damage to bursa resulting in acute effusion of the bursa
      • ligamentous strain or rupture
      • blunt nerve injury causing neuropraxia
    • sharp trauma:
      • incisions, bites, stab wounds gun shots
        • skin is cut resulting in underlying structures (eg. blood vessels, nerves, tendons, etc) also being cut
        • may penetrate deeper structures such as bursae, joints, pleura (causing pneumothorax or haemothorax), internal organs
soft_tissue_trauma.txt · Last modified: 2024/08/10 01:59 by gary1

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