Journal of Trauma and Injury

Case Reports

A case report of field amputation: the rescue of an entrapped patient through the "doctor car" system: Byungchul Yu, Gil Jae Lee, Min A Lee, Kang Kook Choi, Jihun Gwak, Youngeun Park, Yong-Cheol Yoon, Jayun Cho, Seung Hwan Lee, Jungnam Lee; J Trauma Inj. 2022;35(Suppl 1):S27-S30. Published online June 15, 2022; DOI: https://doi.org/10.20408/jti.2022.0012

Abstract PDF: In certain circumstances, invasive procedures such as creation of a surgical airway, insertion of a chest drain, intraosseous puncture, or amputation in the field are necessary. These invasive procedures can save lives. However, emergency medical service teams cannot perform such procedures according to the law in Korea. The upper arm of a 29-year-old male patient was stuck in a huge machine and the emergency medical service team could not rescue the patient. A doctor-car team was dispatched to the scene and the team performed the filed amputation to extricate the patient. He was brought to the trauma center immediately and underwent formal above-elbow amputation. Here we describe a case of field amputation to rescue a patient through a “doctor car” system, along with a literature review.; Summary

Forearm Replantation for a Patient Presented with Major Amputation Injury: A Case Report: Jihoon Jang, Kyoung Hoon Lim, Joon Woo Kim, Hyung Kee Kim; J Trauma Inj. 2016;29(4):187-190. Published online December 31, 2016; DOI: https://doi.org/10.20408/jti.2016.29.4.187

Abstract PDF: With the development of safety measures for employees who work with dangerous machinery, the frequency of amputation injuries has been decreasing with resultant decrease in replantation procedures. However, in some patients with major amputation injury, replantation is still necessary for the preservation of limb and it's function. The replantation of the upper extremity (UE) is a complex and technically demanding surgical procedure. For the successful replantation of UE, the type of injury, reconstruction sequence, ischemic time, and other combined injury of patient should be considered. We report a case of major amputation of UE by guillotine-type injury and discuss the treatment process of this patient.; Summary

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