Crush Injuries

What Happens in a Crush Injury?

Machinery, falling weights and vehicle accidents can compress a hand or foot so hard that the small vessels inside are destroyed even where skin looks unbroken. Over the next days, deprived tissue swells, blisters and dies in stages. Therefore the wound you see on day one is rarely the wound you treat on day five.

Compartment syndrome: dangerous pressure build-up inside a muscle compartment after crushing, requiring urgent surgical release.

Warning Signs After Crushing

• Pain that keeps increasing rather than settling
• Progressive swelling, tightness or blistering
• Numbness, or skin turning pale, dusky or black
• Fever or foul smell suggesting deep infection

How Does EDFC Treat Crush Injuries?

We monitor the tissue closely, releasing dangerous pressure early when needed, and debride tissue only as it declares itself dead, preserving everything that can survive. Then reconstruction with grafts or flaps restores cover, followed by therapy to regain movement. Vascular assessment runs alongside via our circulation team.

Cost and Urgency in Surat

Costs are staged with the treatment and explained before each step. A crushed limb with worsening pain or colour change is an emergency, so contact us immediately rather than waiting for the skin to break.