II. Definition
- Skin of penis becomes entrapped in pants zipper
III. Management
- Pretreatment
- Consider soaking the entrapped skin of penis in Mineral Oil for 15 minutes prior to attempted procedure
- Consider Dorsal Penile Nerve Block
- Entrapment within teeth of zipper (non-moving part)
- Cut horizontally across the zipper at a level above or below the entrapment
- Gently pull apart the teeth of the zipper
- Entrapment within sliding zipper part
- Identify the median bar of zipper (zipper diamond)
- Crossbar at sliding zipper opening
- Crossbar joins the anterior faceplate and the posterior faceplate of the sliding zipper
- This crossbar separates the two rows of zipper teeth
- Cut median bar of zipper
- Insert wire cutters or bone cutters between the anterior and posterior faceplates
- One cutting edge to either side of the median bar
- Cut the median bar, and the faceplates of the zipper should fall away
- Alternative: Flat head screw driver technique
- Insert flat head screwdriver between the two sliding zipper faceplates
- Rotate screwdriver 90 degrees to pry apart the two face plates
- Identify the median bar of zipper (zipper diamond)
IV. Resources
- Life in the Fastlane Blog
V. References
- Majoewsky (2012) EM: Rap 2(9): 2
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| Concepts | Injury or Poisoning (T037) |
| SnomedCT | 262924006 |
| English | Zip fastener injury of penis (disorder), Zipper injury of penis (disorder), Zip fastener injury of penis, Zipper injury of penis |
| Spanish | lesión del pene por cierre de cremallera (trastorno), lesión del pene por cierre de cremallera |
