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Bite Injuries to the Hand - Review of the Literature

Patients presenting to the emergency department with bite injuries to the hand sustain them through a number of causes including domesticated as well as stray animal bites, and human bites commonly sustained as a result of violence. The nature of the injuries sustained can be very deceptive. A small...

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Autores principales: Raval, Pradyumna, Khan, Wasim, Haddad, Behrooz, Mahapatra, Anant Narayan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Bentham Open 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4112338/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25097675
http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1874325001408010204
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description Patients presenting to the emergency department with bite injuries to the hand sustain them through a number of causes including domesticated as well as stray animal bites, and human bites commonly sustained as a result of violence. The nature of the injuries sustained can be very deceptive. A small tooth mark on the exterior can be a fulminant infection in the tissues deeper down. Tendon injuries, fractures of the metacarpals and phalanges and management of the wound are critical issues faced by a surgeon in dealing with such patients. Similarly the less common bite injuries to the hand, often with disastrous and sometimes fatal complications, do also present to the emergency department. A high incidence of suspicion is needed in dealing with these injuries effectively. In our article we discuss the common as well as uncommon causes of bite injuries to the hand and their management. In addition to reviewing the literature to ascertain the management of such injuries, we also discuss interesting and rare case reports.
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spelling pubmed-41123382014-08-05 Bite Injuries to the Hand - Review of the Literature Raval, Pradyumna Khan, Wasim Haddad, Behrooz Mahapatra, Anant Narayan Open Orthop J Article Patients presenting to the emergency department with bite injuries to the hand sustain them through a number of causes including domesticated as well as stray animal bites, and human bites commonly sustained as a result of violence. The nature of the injuries sustained can be very deceptive. A small tooth mark on the exterior can be a fulminant infection in the tissues deeper down. Tendon injuries, fractures of the metacarpals and phalanges and management of the wound are critical issues faced by a surgeon in dealing with such patients. Similarly the less common bite injuries to the hand, often with disastrous and sometimes fatal complications, do also present to the emergency department. A high incidence of suspicion is needed in dealing with these injuries effectively. In our article we discuss the common as well as uncommon causes of bite injuries to the hand and their management. In addition to reviewing the literature to ascertain the management of such injuries, we also discuss interesting and rare case reports. Bentham Open 2014-06-27 /pmc/articles/PMC4112338/ /pubmed/25097675 http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1874325001408010204 Text en © Raval et al.; Licensee Bentham Open. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted, non-commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited.
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