A Patient Is Admitted with a Laceration of the Forehead

question 63

Essay

A patient is admitted with a laceration of the forehead due to a collision with another player during a professional soccer game.On further examination,it feels as though there may be a foreign body,so the patient is taken to the OR for exploration,where the laceration was extended and a foreign body was removed from the subcutaneous tissue.The laceration of the skin was sutured.The pathology report determines the foreign body to be a tooth.

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Definitions:

Lesions

Any abnormal tissue or damage in the body, seen on the skin or within the body on an organ or tissue.

Modified Allen Test

A diagnostic procedure used to evaluate the adequacy of blood flow through the arteries of the hand.

Capillary Patency

The state of being open or unobstructed, specifically referring to the condition where blood capillaries are adequately open for blood flow.

Collateral Circulation

An alternate network of blood vessels that can supply blood to an area if the main vessel is blocked or narrowed.