Finger avulsion injuries: A report of four cases

Injury that occurs to a finger wearing a ring though rare can have grave consequences. It is a preventable injury which has a peculiar mode of trauma that is usually occupational. Injury ranges from simple contusion to degloving of soft tissues to traumatic amputation. We hereby report our experienc...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Fejjal, N, Belmir, R, El Mazouz, S, Gharib, NE, Abbassi, A, Belmahi, AM
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2008
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Original Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2759628/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19826529
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5413.40259
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Sumario:Injury that occurs to a finger wearing a ring though rare can have grave consequences. It is a preventable injury which has a peculiar mode of trauma that is usually occupational. Injury ranges from simple contusion to degloving of soft tissues to traumatic amputation. We hereby report our experience of four cases of finger avulsion injuries due to a ring and discuss their variable clinical presentation and individualized management.

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