MINOR CAUSALIGIA FOLLOWING INJURIES AND WOUNDS

War Wounds and Injuries

Office management of minor wounds.

OBJECTIVE To review office interventions for minor wounds not requiring sutures, such as abrasions, bites, and lacerations. QUALITY OF EVIDENCE Most information on minor wound management comes from descriptive studies. Few comparative studies examine the effectiveness of topical antisepsis for minor wounds. Several clinical trials have demonstrated that tissue adhesives produce short- and lon...

Injuries in minor hockey.

The authors have presented an excellent picture of a patient with calciphylaxis, who despite treatment subsequently died. The authors also comment on possible modalities of treatment, however fail to mention parathyroidectomy, which is an important treatment for patients with calciphylaxix. This disease is caused by overactivity of enlarged parathyroid glands, secondary to the failure of the ki...

Wounds and Injuries of the Soft Tissues

To maximize the preservation of life and minimize the attendant morbidity of battle wounds, the surgeon attempts to localize or isolate the deleterious effects of injury and to optimize healing. This objective is best accomplished by removal of all foreign material and detached or severely disrupted muscle from the wound, by the establishment of open drainage of the wound’s recesses, and by mai...

11. Fractures and minor head injuries: minor injuries in children II.

Fractures in children are common, but the plasticity of children's bones means that they may be incomplete. If a child has deformity, swelling or bony point tenderness in a limb after a fall, it is likely to be fractured. A fractured limb that appears deformed will most probably need to be reduced. Effective splinting, using whatever means is readily available, and early, adequate analgesia, ca...