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In medicine, an avulsion is an injury in which a body structure is torn off by either trauma or surgery (from the Latin avellere, meaning "to tear off"). [1] The term most commonly refers to a surface trauma where all layers of the skin have been torn away, exposing the underlying structures (i.e., subcutaneous tissue , muscle , tendons , or ...
Class 3 – contaminated wound: an open, accidental wound resulting from trauma outside of a sterile setting is automatically considered a contaminated wound. Additionally, any surgical wound where there is a major break in sterile technique or obvious contamination from the gastrointestinal tract is considered a contaminated wound.
Abrasions on elbow and lower arm. The elbow wound will produce a permanent scar. A first-degree abrasion involves only epidermal injury. A second-degree abrasion involves the epidermis as well as the dermis and may bleed slightly. A third-degree abrasion involves damage to the subcutaneous layer and the skin and is often called an avulsion.
Avulsion in general refers to a tearing away. Specifically, it can refer to: Avulsion fracture, when a fragment of bone tears away from the main mass of bone as a result of physical trauma; Avulsion injury, in which a body structure is detached from its normal point of insertion, either torn away by trauma or cut by surgery
Degloving injuries can be categorized as either open or closed. [1] Closed injuries are not open to the external world and the underlying structures are not visible. In open injuries, the skin is torn back so that the underlying structures are visible. Such an injury could thus resemble the process of removing a glove from a hand.
Angie describes Harper’s skin as an “open wound” that’s prone to infection because she’s missing a particular protein in her body. “Our regimen is very rigorous, but I'm just happy she ...
The type of wound (incision, laceration, puncture, etc.) has a major effect on the way a wound is managed, as does the area of the body affected and presence of any foreign objects in the wound. A serious wound or any complication may require a call to emergency medical services. Any wound requires being disinfected after it stops bleeding.
880 Open wound of shoulder and upper arm; 881 Open wound of elbow, forearm, and wrist; 882 Open wound of hand except finger(s) alone; 883 Open wound of finger(s) 884 Multiple and unspecified open wound of upper limb; 885 Traumatic amputation of thumb (complete) (partial) 886 Traumatic amputation of other finger(s) (complete) (partial)