Year: 2025
Type: article
Study design: Case Report
Abstract: Xylazine, also known as “tranq” wounds, are typically found on extremities of drug users with injection behaviors. Here, we present a patient with a large chest wound with a broncho-atmospheric fistula and destruction of surrounding skeletal structures, exposing internal structures to external pathogens. Our case emphasizes that although healing potential is great with extremity xylazine wounds, chest wounds may be irreversibly destructive.
Authors: Olivia Pericak, Erin Pomerantz, Ho-Man Yeung
Institution: Temple University
Language: English
Subfield: Surgery
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4407120660