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Amputation of the Bilateral Legs due to the Lower Limbs Continuously Hanging Upside down after Becoming Trapped in a Chest of Drawers

Hiromichi Ohsaka, Kei Jitsuiki, Hiroki Nagasawa, Youichi Yanagawa

American Journal of Medical Case Reports. 2021, 9(11), 540-543 doi:10.12691/ajmcr-9-11-6
  • Figure 1. The patient at home. The patient was found hanging with her lower limbs upside down due to both being trapped by a chest of drawers
  • Figure 2. The patient’s legs on arrival after the removal of the tourniquets. Both legs were cyanotic and edematous with necrotic skin changes at the middle of the anterior surface. The left leg did not move, and the patient claimed to feel nothing
  • Figure 3. Main clinical course in the acute phase. She received a diagnosis of bilateral leg infections, ischemic left leg and multiple organ failure due to sepsis and unstable circulation, pulmonary embolism, and ischemic colitis with anemia. She underwent infusion of antibiotics, transfusion, noradrenaline, left lower limb amputation, renal replacement therapy, and subsequent delayed right leg amputation