ACUTE WOUNDS Bites

ACUTE WOUNDS Bites

Most bites involve either puncture wounds or avulsions. Wounds over the metacarpophalangeal joint should be treated as a human bite following a punch to the mouth until proven Victor-Auguste-François Morel-Lavallée , 1811–1865, surgeon who first described this lesion in 1863. Summary box 3.4 Reconstruction options for wound closure /uni25CF /uni25CF /uni25CF /uni25CF /uni25CF /uni25CF /uni25CF /uni25CF /uni25CF /uni25CF otherwise. Joint infections are a surgical emergency as they can result in articular cartilage destruction. They present as hot, swollen and tender joints with a limited range of motion.

Figure 3.11 Degloving buttock injury. Primary closure Full-thickness skin graft Secondary closure Dermal matrices 78 : Tertiary (delayed primary) Local, regional or pedicled closure /f_l ap NPWT Tissue expansion Split-thickness skin graft Free /f_l ap

ACUTE WOUNDS Bites

Most bites involve either puncture wounds or avulsions. Wounds over the metacarpophalangeal joint should be treated as a human bite following a punch to the mouth until proven Victor-Auguste-François Morel-Lavallée , 1811–1865, surgeon who first described this lesion in 1863. Summary box 3.4 Reconstruction options for wound closure /uni25CF /uni25CF /uni25CF /uni25CF /uni25CF /uni25CF /uni25CF /uni25CF /uni25CF /uni25CF otherwise. Joint infections are a surgical emergency as they can result in articular cartilage destruction. They present as hot, swollen and tender joints with a limited range of motion.

Figure 3.11 Degloving buttock injury. Primary closure Full-thickness skin graft Secondary closure Dermal matrices 78 : Tertiary (delayed primary) Local, regional or pedicled closure /f_l ap NPWT Tissue expansion Split-thickness skin graft Free /f_l ap

ACUTE WOUNDS Bites

Most bites involve either puncture wounds or avulsions. Wounds over the metacarpophalangeal joint should be treated as a human bite following a punch to the mouth until proven Victor-Auguste-François Morel-Lavallée , 1811–1865, surgeon who first described this lesion in 1863. Summary box 3.4 Reconstruction options for wound closure /uni25CF /uni25CF /uni25CF /uni25CF /uni25CF /uni25CF /uni25CF /uni25CF /uni25CF /uni25CF otherwise. Joint infections are a surgical emergency as they can result in articular cartilage destruction. They present as hot, swollen and tender joints with a limited range of motion.

Figure 3.11 Degloving buttock injury. Primary closure Full-thickness skin graft Secondary closure Dermal matrices 78 : Tertiary (delayed primary) Local, regional or pedicled closure /f_l ap NPWT Tissue expansion Split-thickness skin graft Free /f_l ap