%0 Journal Article
%T Penetrating penile injury due to the splintering of the floorboards in the gymnasium
%J IJU case reports
%D 2021
%A Kaneko, Tomoyuki
%A Sakamoto, Akihiko
%A Yoshida, Takahiro
%A Yanagida, Kazuki
%A Yoshimura, Itsuki
%A Hagiwara, Kanade
%A Kimura, Masaki
%A Yamada, Yukio
%A Nakagawa, Tohru
%V 4
%N 4
%P 221-223
%X INTRODUCTION: We present the case of a patient with penetrating penile injury caused by splintering floorboards in a gymnasium. CASE PRESENTATION: A 24-year-old man was brought to the emergency department of our hospital because of an unintentional penetrating penile injury sustained while playing volleyball at a gymnasium. He dove into the wooden floor to fly-receive the ball. When sliding with his abdomen on the floor, a wooden splinter from the floorboard stuck from the base of his penis to near the glans penis. The splinter was gently removed without bleeding under local anesthesia. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Splintering floorboards in gymnasiums can cause serious trauma, including penile injuries. Health-care workers and users of public facilities, such as gymnasiums, should be aware of the accident risk associated with wooden floors.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
%G en
%I John Wiley and Sons
%@ 2577-171X
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/iju5.12290