Traumatic Amputation of Finger From an Alligator Snapping Turtle Bite

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• 作者：Robert D. Johnson ; MD ; ^{bob-johnson@ouhsc.edu" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; Cynthia L. Nielsen ; MD
• 关键词：turtles ; animal bites ; amputation ; postexposure prophylaxis
• 刊名：Wilderness & Environmental Medicine
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：June 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：27
• 期：2
• 页码：277-281
• 全文大小：1286 K

文摘

Legend states that the alligator snapping turtle (Macrochelys temminckii) should be handled with extreme caution as it has jaw strength powerful enough to bite a wooden broomstick in half. Tales of bite injuries from what is the largest freshwater turtle in North America exist anecdotally, yet there are few descriptions of medical encounters for such. The risk of infection from reptilian bites to the hand in an aquatic environment warrants thorough antibiotic treatment in conjunction with hand surgery consultation. We present the first case report of a near total amputation of an index finger in an adolescent boy who had been bitten by a wild “gator snapper.”