A case of open degloving injury in a pregnant patient

Abstract

Road traffic accidents are taking lives of approximately 1.25million people in the world annually. Trauma during pregnancy is also quite common in developing countries but it is not frequently reported. Mothers in 3rd trimester are most vulnerable for trauma due to unstable gate and shift of center of gravity.1,2 Degloving injuries are one of very common devastating injury associated with road traffic accident. It is a type of avulsion in which rotational force causes skin and subcutaneous tissue to be torn completely from underlying muscle and fascia3 .It can be open or closed .It is most common in males and main sites are lower limb, trunk, scalp and face. Diagnosing degloving injury is also a challenging decision .most of the time it’s clinical or by ultrasound or CT scanning.3,4–9