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Suggest Treatment For An Injury In The Shin That S Tender To The Touch
I cut my leg open on holiday near my shin it was like a razor cut a very deep I couldn t have stitches because there was no skin to stitch the doctor dressed it for 5 day gave me antibiotics he began to heal but when I press where the injury was my ski goes in like pressing into a peice of Dow
Fri, 18 Oct 2019
Hi,
Noted your history of injury over shin that could not be stitched, given antibiotic and dressed for 5 days, there is edema.
Since the skin over shin is overstretched it can not be easily approximated with stitches.
Hence I would advise you the following:
Consult a General Surgeon for clinical evaluation and give further advised after looking at the wound.
The advise may be as follows:
Continue antibiotics and anti-inflammatory medicines.
Dressing.
Flap rotation surgery to cover the wound with skin so that healing is early and proper.
Take multivitamins and mineral as these helps in healing.
Elevate the affected leg above the heart level in lying down position to reduce edema.
Do not keep the affected leg hanging for a long time as this increases edema and chances to increase infection and so on.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. T. Chandrakant, General Surgeon
Noted your history of injury over shin that could not be stitched, given antibiotic and dressed for 5 days, there is edema.
Since the skin over shin is overstretched it can not be easily approximated with stitches.
Hence I would advise you the following:
Consult a General Surgeon for clinical evaluation and give further advised after looking at the wound.
The advise may be as follows:
Continue antibiotics and anti-inflammatory medicines.
Dressing.
Flap rotation surgery to cover the wound with skin so that healing is early and proper.
Take multivitamins and mineral as these helps in healing.
Elevate the affected leg above the heart level in lying down position to reduce edema.
Do not keep the affected leg hanging for a long time as this increases edema and chances to increase infection and so on.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. T. Chandrakant, General Surgeon
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