Punctured wounds# of blood vessels may result from stabs, or they may be accidentally inflicted in the course of an operation.
Either variety may result from pathological causes, but in the majority of cases they are traumatic in origin, being due to such injuries as stabs, punctured wounds, and gun-shot injuries which involve both artery and vein.
Punctured wounds by cylindrical or conical instruments like a needle.
If the instrument be of any size this variety of punctured wounds presents a form quite different from that of the weapon.
Punctured wounds by instruments both sharp pointed and cutting, like a knife or dagger.
When they present a double wound of triangular shape, with the apex of the triangle blunt, they are more of the nature of punctured wounds.
When the slough is all detached, the remaining wound is to be treated with simple stimulating dressings, such as tincture of aloes or turpentine, oakum balls, and bandages as directed in punctured wounds.
Peritonitis is often caused by injuries, as punctured wounds of the abdomen, severe blows or kicks, or, as is still more common, following the operation of castration.
This is especially advisable in punctured wounds of the foot.
Punctured wounds in the regions of the cartilage may cause it to become inflamed and changed to bone.
Punctured wounds are many times deeper than the width of the opening or break in the skin or mucous membrane.
When the globe is burst by a blow with a blunt object, the sclerotic usually gives way, and as the rupture takes place from within outward, there is less risk of infection than in punctured wounds.
The treatment of punctured wounds consists in enlarging the wounds in the soft parts, trephining the skull, and removing any foreign body that may be in it, purifying the track, and establishing drainage.
Punctured wounds may be inflicted on the vault by stabs with a knife or dagger, or by other sharp objects, such as the spike of a railing.
Punctured wounds of the orbit are especially dangerous.
In punctured wounds of any depth healing necessarily takes place in this way only, and the treatment should be directed largely to alleviating pain and moderating inflammation.
Stitching is not admissible in the case of punctured wounds.
Owing to the uncertainty of their depth and the structures they may involve, punctured wounds are by far the most dangerous and difficult to treat.
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