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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 ...
A more traumatic abrasion that removes all layers of skin is called an avulsion. Abrasion injuries most commonly occur when exposed skin comes into moving contact with a rough surface, causing a grinding or rubbing away of the upper layers of the epidermis.
Degloving occurs when skin and the fat below it, ... A degloving injury is a type of soft-tissue avulsion injury that can occur anywhere in the body. [1]
The initial surgical approach is typically a partial avulsion of the nail plate known as a wedge resection or a complete removal of the toenail. [1] If the ingrown toenail recurs despite this treatment, destruction of the germinal matrix with phenol is recommended. [ 1 ]
A wound is any disruption of or damage to living tissue, such as skin, mucous membranes, or organs. [1] [2] Wounds can either be the sudden result of direct trauma (mechanical, thermal, chemical), or can develop slowly over time due to underlying disease processes such as diabetes mellitus, venous/arterial insufficiency, or immunologic disease. [3]
Fr. C 2 - Deep contaminated abrasions with skin or muscle contusion from direct trauma III Fr. O 3 - Extensive soft-tissue damage with major vessel or nerve injury Fr. C 3 - Extensive skin contusion with destruction of subcutaneous tissue avulsion or muscle destruction IV
Degloving and avulsion injuries involve the removal of the penis skin, which is a serious medical emergency. Treatment of these injuries involves either closure of the torn skin, or a skin graft to replace the skin lost in the injury. Skin grafts are constructed to attempt to preserve erectile function and sensation. [1]
Avulsion injury, in which a body structure is detached from its normal point of insertion, either torn away by trauma or cut by surgery; Avulsion (legal term), the sudden loss of land by the action of water; Avulsion (river), abandonment of an old river channel and the formation of a new one