Case Report
Year: 2016 | Month: October | Volume: 6 | Issue: 10 | Pages: 289-292
A Remnant of Glass Left in the Popliteal Fossa after a Penetrating Wound
Sahmir Sadic1, Svemir Custovic1, Mahir Jasarevic1, Ferid Krupic2
1Clinic for Orthopaedics and Traumatology, University Clinical Center Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
2Department of Orthopaedics, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska Akademy, Gothenburg-Sweden.
Corresponding Author: Sahmir Sadic
ABSTRACT
Traumatic wounds make them one of the most common reasons for an emergency department visit. Foreign objects embedded in the musculoskeletal system through penetrating injury are a common problem, with more than a third missed in the initial clinical evaluation. Wood, glass, and metal accounted for 95 percent of the foreign bodies (FBs) seen. In 38 percent of patients the diagnosis is missed by the initial treating physician, in many cases because no X-ray of the injured area was taken. This case report aims to present a young girl who sustained a wound from glass in the popliteal fossa of her right leg. No X-ray examination was performed and the wound was sutured. Subsequently foreign bodies - pieces of glass - were removed on two occasions.
Key words: glass-caused wounds, foreign body, popliteal fossa.