What is the difference between a laceration and an avulsion?
An incision is a cut with clean edges. A laceration is a cut with jagged edges. A puncture is a wound where something passes through or becomes impaled in the skin. (This answer provided for NATA by the Weber State University Athletic Training Education Program.)
What is an avulsion laceration?
Skin avulsion is a wound that happens when skin is torn from your body during an accident or other injury. The torn skin may be lost or too damaged to be repaired, and it must be removed. A wound of this type cannot be stitched closed because there is tissue missing.
What is the difference between laceration and incision?
Lacerations are caused by blunt-force trauma. The hallmark of lacerations is the presence of tissue bridging. Incised wounds are caused by sharp-force trauma, usually by a sharp-edged object.
What is an incision laceration?
An incised wound is an injury to the skin caused by a sharp cutting implement such as a knife, broken glass, or a surgeon’s scalpel. A laceration is a tearing or splitting of the skin caused by blunt trauma, such as a blow from a fist or foot or with a hammer or baseball bat.
What does avulsion mean?
Definition of avulsion : a forcible separation or detachment: such as. a : a tearing away of a body part accidentally or surgically. b : a sudden cutting off of land by flood, currents, or change in course of a body of water especially : one separating land from one person’s property and joining it to another’s.
What is the meaning of avulsion wound?
Avulsion. An avulsion is a partial or complete tearing away of skin and the tissue beneath. Avulsions usually occur during violent accidents, such as body-crushing accidents, explosions, and gunshots. They bleed heavily and rapidly.
What is an avulsion?
An avulsion fracture is an injury to the bone in a location where a tendon or ligament attaches to the bone. When an avulsion fracture occurs, the tendon or ligament pulls off a piece of the bone. Avulsion fractures can occur anywhere in the body, but they are more common in a few specific locations.
How do you define a laceration?
A laceration is a wound that is produced by the tearing of soft body tissue. This type of wound is often irregular and jagged. A laceration wound is often contaminated with bacteria and debris from whatever object caused the cut.
How do you describe a wound laceration?
The deeper tissues are cut cleanly in the same plane. Stab wounds are deeper than their length or width and occur when a sharp object is thrust into the skin. Incised wounds and cuts are greater in width and/or length than depth and occur when a sharp implement is dragged over the skin surface.
What is avulsion fragment?
An avulsion fracture occurs when a small chunk of bone attached to a tendon or ligament gets pulled away from the main part of the bone. The hip, elbow and ankle are the most common locations for avulsion fractures in the young athlete.
When does an avulsion fracture need surgery?
You may need surgery if the bone fragment is large and widely separated from the rest of the bone. Surgery may also be done if a tendon or ligament is badly detached. You can return to sports or other physical activities after about 6 weeks to 6 months.