soft tissue trauma

see also:

• trauma
• burns
• open wounds to neck

• soft tissue trauma may be:
  • blunt trauma:
    • abrasion
    • friction burn
    • haematoma
    • laceration
      • skin is pulled apart, usually leaving underlying blood vessels and nerves intact
    • de-gloving injury:
      • skin eg. fingers
      • deeper soft tissues (Morel-Lavallée lesion)
        • these require early Rx +/- surgical exploration and drainage to remove necrosed fat, etc
    • damage to bursa resulting in acute effusion of the bursa
    • ligamentous strain or rupture
    • blunt nerve injury causing neuropraxia
  • sharp trauma:
    • incisions, bites, stab wounds gun shots
      • skin is cut resulting in underlying structures (eg. blood vessels, nerves, tendons, etc) also being cut
      • may penetrate deeper structures such as bursae, joints, pleura (causing pneumothorax or haemothorax), internal organs