Foot lacerations caused by a lawnmower!
Although mowing the lawn may seem a routine chore, both push and riding lawn mowers are powerful machines with the potential to cause severe and life-threatening injuries. Contact with the moving blades or the engine can result in a wide range of injuries, including cuts, burns, broken bones, and even amputation. Immediately following a lawnmower accident, make sure that the injured person is away from further harm. An open wound can be covered lightly with a clean, dry bandage or cloth. If there is bleeding, apply gentle, direct pressure to the wound. Raising the injured limb above the heart will help minimize bleeding. If there has been an amputation, the separated body part should be brought to the hospital with you. In some cases, the surgeons may be able to reattach it. Wrap the amputated part in a clean, damp bandage, and seal it in a plastic bag. Put the plastic bag in a container of water mixed with some ice. Be careful not to freeze it β just keep it very cool.
Lose the Toes and try to save the heel and half the foot. With a shoe no one will know and balance and walking will be maintained. Too many docs cut aggressively because of fear of a lawsuit or other reasons. Do no harm. Try to preserve function.
Do you think this could be fixed? Or would it require many attempts to somewhat normalize it?
Probably Chopart's or Lisfrank's amputation. Distal parts of the foot seem to be completely mangled with no circulation, and the cuts are too rough and with signs of a big crushing force, so vascular reconstruction is probably out of question (even if other parameters would allow such attempt)
Can an ammendment please be made to the dressing of the wound...this should be done with a clean MOIST bandage (not dry) to prevent further damage to exposed tissue, nerves and vasculature π
Is the picture just for reference? If not, then please do update on the patient's condition.
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