Gunshot wounds to the foot.
retrospective_cohort · Level III
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Abstract
One hundred and one patients who sustained gunshot wounds to their feet were retrospectively reviewed. All patients were treated at King/Drew Medical Center between 1982 and 1994. From the authors' experience, they believe that patients with low-velocity gunshot wounds to the foot should be hospitalized and treated with at least a 3-day course of intravenous antibiotics of a first generation cephalosporin. Low-energy shotgun injuries should be treated the same as low-velocity injuries. Patients with high-velocity and high-energy shotgun wounds should be hospitalized and receive broad-spectrum intravenous antibiotics with multiple irrigation and debridements.
Medical subject headings
- Foot Injuries
- Fractures, Bone
- Wounds, Gunshot
Anatomy
- foot