Citation

Parsons SL, Leach IH, Charnley RM. Injury 1993; 24(10): 680-681.

Affiliation

Department of Surgery, City Hospital, Nottingham, UK.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1993, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

7904594

Abstract

A case of severe bilateral trench foot is presented in a patient who lived rough for 3 weeks without removing his boots. Non-operative management yielded no clinical improvement and bilateral below-knee amputation was necessary. Histology revealed subcutaneous and muscle necrosis with secondary arterial thrombosis.

Language: en