High-Pressure Injection Injuries to the Foot: A Case Report of 2 Patients.

ABSTRACT:

Background

High-pressure injections injuries to the extremities can result in significant disability, including amputation of the affected limb. Proprietary mixtures associated with drill mud and hydraulic fracking leads to frequent encounters with varied materials. The physician needs to be aware of the effect of these materials when inadvertent exposure occurs. Injected toxic materials cause extensive soft tissue inflammation and destruction. This puts the foot at risk not only to the cleaning fluid used, generally water, but any contaminant on the boot at the time of injury. This case report is the first known case report involving injection with drill mud contaminant and describes 2 oil field injuries resulting in the gross deep contamination of the foot from a high-pressure wa

SUBMITTER: Gerzina C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8702714 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature