TY - JOUR PY - 1988// TI - High-pressure water-gun injection injuries to the extremities. A report of six cases JO - Journal of bone and joint surgery: American volume A1 - Weltmer, J. B. A1 - Pack, L. L. SP - 1221 EP - 1223 VL - 70 IS - 8 N2 - High-pressure water-gun injection injuries are different from injection injuries that are caused by other agents, in that they are associated with extensive subcutaneous emphysema but only slight soft-tissue inflammation or destruction. The cases of six patients who had such an injury were reviewed. It was found that local irrigation and debridement, together with a short course of penicillin or a broad-spectrum cephalosporin, resulted in complete recovery from this relatively benign variant of high-pressure injection injury. LA - SN - 0021-9355 UR - http://dx.doi.org/ ID - ref1 ER -