Acute shortening and angulation for limb salvage in a paediatric patient with a high-energy blast injury. (20th March 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Pikkel, Yoav Yechezkel; Wilson, Jessica Jeanne; Kassis, Shokrey; Lerner, Alexander
• Is Part Of: BMJ case reports. Volume 2014
• Publication Date: 2014-03-20
• Subjects: Medicine -- Case studies -- Periodicals; 610.5
• DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2013-203431
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1757-790X

Abstract

Abstract : We present the case of an 8-year-old girl casualty of the Syrian conflict who arrived with open fractures of the right tibia and fibula with extensive bone and soft tissue loss as well as an open fracture of the left calcaneus as the result of a high-energy blast injury. She was successfully treated with repeated debridement procedures, external fixation with acute temporary shortening and angulation of the right leg and skin grafting to both lower limbs.