Gunshot wounds to the foot.

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.

• Authors: J B Boucree Jr, R A Gabriel, J T Lezine-Hanna
• Journal: The Orthopedic clinics of North America (Orthop Clin North Am) Vol. 26 Issue 1 Pg. 191-7 (Jan 1995) ISSN: 0030-5898 [Print] United States
• PMID: 7838500 (Publication Type: Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Anti-Bacterial Agents

Topics

• Adult
• Algorithms
• Anti-Bacterial Agents (therapeutic use)
• Female
• Foot Injuries (epidemiology, etiology, surgery)
• Fractures, Bone (epidemiology, etiology, surgery)
• Humans
• Los Angeles (epidemiology)
• Male
• Retrospective Studies
• Soft Tissue Injuries (epidemiology, etiology, surgery)
• Wound Infection (drug therapy)
• Wounds, Gunshot (epidemiology, surgery)