Citation

Borenstein TR, Johnson JP, Cohen B, Kane P. R. I. Med. J. (2013) 2015; 98(11): 38-41.

Affiliation

Department of Orthopedics, Clinical Instructor, Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Providence, RI.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, Rhode Island Medical Society)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

26517255

Abstract

CASE: A 53-year-old male sustained a high-pressure water injection injury to his foot while working in a river. He was taken to the operating room for emergent irrigation and debridement of copious riverbed sediment. Cultures taken from the operating room were positive for multiple anaerobes, fungus and mold and he was treated with appropriate antibiotics. To date, his only residual deficit is a 1 cm area of numbness at the entrance wound.

CONCLUSION: High-pressure water injections to the foot are uncommon injuries. These are serious injuries that require emergent antibiotics, tetanus and surgical debridement. [Full article available at http://rimed.org/rimedicaljournal-2015-11.asp, free with no login].

Language: en