soft_tissue_trauma
soft tissue trauma
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