Retained Foreign Body After Stingray Injury; A Case Report

Deniz vatozu dünyada yaygın olarak yaralanmaya neden olan bir dip deniz balığıdır. Yaralanmalar lokal doku yaralanmasına sebep olabileceği gibi sistemik etkilerde görülebilir. Çoğunlukla tedavide sıcak suya yaralanan bölgenin batırılması etkili olsa da doku içerisinde yabancı cisim kaldığı durumlarda bu tedavi tam olarak rahatlama sağlamamaktadır. Biz de balık avı sırasında yaralanan 22 yaşında bir erkek olguda tedavi sonrası tam bir rahatlama saptanmaması üzerine çekilen x-ray görüntülerinde vatoz kuyruğu saptanan bir vakadan bahsettik.

Retained Foreign Body After Stingray Injury; A Case Report

Stingray is a demersal sea fish that causes widespread injury around the world. Stingray envenomation may cause local tissue injury as well as systemic effects. Although immersion of the injured area in hot water is effective in the treatment, this treatment does not provide complete relief in cases where there is a foreign body in the tissue. We presented about a case of a 22-year-old male patient with stingray tail detected in x-ray images taken after complete relief was not provided after treatment.

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