TY - JOUR PY - 2021// TI - Penetrating penile injury due to the splintering of the floorboards in the gymnasium JO - IJU case reports A1 - Kaneko, Tomoyuki A1 - Sakamoto, Akihiko A1 - Yoshida, Takahiro A1 - Yanagida, Kazuki A1 - Yoshimura, Itsuki A1 - Hagiwara, Kanade A1 - Kimura, Masaki A1 - Yamada, Yukio A1 - Nakagawa, Tohru SP - 221 EP - 223 VL - 4 IS - 4 N2 - 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.

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.

Language: en

LA - en SN - 2577-171X UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/iju5.12290 ID - ref1 ER -