Zip injuries
Penile skin caught in zip
- Paint with antiseptic.
- + / - infiltrate the skin with 1% lignocaine.
- Cover the area with mineral oil.
- Often frees the skin without having to cut the zipper.
- If the mineral oil alone does not work, then cut the zipper away
from clothing
- Using (surgical) clamps, place their tongs into the side grooves
at both ends of the slide. Rotate your wrists in opposite directions,
splitting the zip slide.
- Pull the exposed zipper teeth apart
- Check tetanus prophylaxis
- Do not excise an area of skin or perform a circumcision;
it onlv creates unnecessary morbidity for the patient.
