Citation

Weltmer JB, Pack LL. J. Bone Joint Surg. Am. 1988; 70(8): 1221-1223.

Affiliation

McLaren General Hospital, Flint, Michigan 48532-3685.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1988, Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

2901420

Abstract

High-pressure water-gun injection injuries are different from injection injuries that are caused by other agents, in that they are associated with extensive subcutaneous emphysema but only slight soft-tissue inflammation or destruction. The cases of six patients who had such an injury were reviewed. It was found that local irrigation and debridement, together with a short course of penicillin or a broad-spectrum cephalosporin, resulted in complete recovery from this relatively benign variant of high-pressure injection injury.