Vázquez-Bayod R, Villanueva SE, Gómez GE

Language: Spanish
References: 11
Page: 302-308
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ABSTRACT

This is a series of 31 patients who underwent 42 wounds produced by bull-horn. All patients were professional bull-figthers and were treated from February 1997 through September 2000. Surgical treatment was applied between 3 and 8 hours after wound, by wide debridement, in particular by searching several directions of damaged tissue as well as ample lavage and removing of foreign bodies from wound. Primary closure was performed in all cases since patients were operated on while in period of non-establishment of clinical infection, as well as by the criteria of local debridement quality and as a result of routine employment of prophylactic antibiotics such as intravenous ceftriaxone for the first 5 to 6 days and cyprofloxacine PO for 8 more days. No case of infection was recorded in the present series. Complications were 5 cases of wound dehiscence as a result of ample debridement, one case of skin nechrosis and 2 hematoma. All complications were solved by second operations.

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