Penetrating injury of the hand with a door handle: a case report

INTRODUCTION: Penetrating injuries of the hand with various sharp objects have previously been reported. In this report we describe an unusual penetrating injury of the hand caused by a door handle. CASE PRESENTATION: A 32-year-old woman presented with a door handle stuck into her hand. After a prel...

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Autores principales: Singisetti, Kiran, Kokkinakis, Michail, Shankar, Nanjappa
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2615031/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19063727
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-2-377
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Shankar, Nanjappa
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description INTRODUCTION: Penetrating injuries of the hand with various sharp objects have previously been reported. In this report we describe an unusual penetrating injury of the hand caused by a door handle. CASE PRESENTATION: A 32-year-old woman presented with a door handle stuck into her hand. After a preliminary assessment she was immediately taken to theatre. Broad spectrum antibiotics were administered along with tetanus toxoid. Soft tissue, including neurovascular integrity, was assessed and confirmed during the operation. She had a good functional recovery at follow-up. CONCLUSION: A door handle can occasionally cause a penetrating injury of the hand which should be treated with early intervention, including a careful assessment of soft tissue and neurovascular integrity.
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spelling pubmed-26150312009-01-08 Penetrating injury of the hand with a door handle: a case report Singisetti, Kiran Kokkinakis, Michail Shankar, Nanjappa J Med Case Reports Case Report INTRODUCTION: Penetrating injuries of the hand with various sharp objects have previously been reported. In this report we describe an unusual penetrating injury of the hand caused by a door handle. CASE PRESENTATION: A 32-year-old woman presented with a door handle stuck into her hand. After a preliminary assessment she was immediately taken to theatre. Broad spectrum antibiotics were administered along with tetanus toxoid. Soft tissue, including neurovascular integrity, was assessed and confirmed during the operation. She had a good functional recovery at follow-up. CONCLUSION: A door handle can occasionally cause a penetrating injury of the hand which should be treated with early intervention, including a careful assessment of soft tissue and neurovascular integrity. BioMed Central 2008-12-08 /pmc/articles/PMC2615031/ /pubmed/19063727 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-2-377 Text en Copyright © 2008 Singisetti et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License ( (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0) ), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_full Penetrating injury of the hand with a door handle: a case report
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title_short Penetrating injury of the hand with a door handle: a case report
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2615031/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19063727
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-2-377
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