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Can water lacerate a tendon? A car-wash accident: A lacerated extensor hallucis longus tendon
Our purpose in this report, involving an unusual mechanism described for the first time in the literature, is to show that high-pressure water sprays used for washing cars can cause injury to the extensor hallucis longus (EHL). A 21-year-old man presented to our emergency department (ED) due to loos...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6107933/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30191198 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tjem.2017.09.001 |
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author | Ardic, Senol Altun, Ibrahim Peker, Gokhan Kose, Bestami |
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description | Our purpose in this report, involving an unusual mechanism described for the first time in the literature, is to show that high-pressure water sprays used for washing cars can cause injury to the extensor hallucis longus (EHL). A 21-year-old man presented to our emergency department (ED) due to looseness in the hallux. His history revealed that while operating a pressurized water spray machine for car-washing one week before, he had inadvertently sprayed his foot, and despite wearing protective plastic boots this had resulted in a laceration at the level of the hallux, which had been sutured in a state hospital. Cleaning equipment using pressurized water can be dangerous if sufficient safety measures are not taken. We think that such occupational accidents with serious outcomes can be prevented through simple protective measures. |
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spelling | pubmed-61079332018-09-06 Can water lacerate a tendon? A car-wash accident: A lacerated extensor hallucis longus tendon Ardic, Senol Altun, Ibrahim Peker, Gokhan Kose, Bestami Turk J Emerg Med Case Report Our purpose in this report, involving an unusual mechanism described for the first time in the literature, is to show that high-pressure water sprays used for washing cars can cause injury to the extensor hallucis longus (EHL). A 21-year-old man presented to our emergency department (ED) due to looseness in the hallux. His history revealed that while operating a pressurized water spray machine for car-washing one week before, he had inadvertently sprayed his foot, and despite wearing protective plastic boots this had resulted in a laceration at the level of the hallux, which had been sutured in a state hospital. Cleaning equipment using pressurized water can be dangerous if sufficient safety measures are not taken. We think that such occupational accidents with serious outcomes can be prevented through simple protective measures. Elsevier 2018-04-12 /pmc/articles/PMC6107933/ /pubmed/30191198 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tjem.2017.09.001 Text en © 2017 The Emergency Medicine Association of Turkey. Production and hosting by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of the Owner. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Case Report Ardic, Senol Altun, Ibrahim Peker, Gokhan Kose, Bestami Can water lacerate a tendon? A car-wash accident: A lacerated extensor hallucis longus tendon |
title | Can water lacerate a tendon? A car-wash accident: A lacerated extensor hallucis longus tendon |
title_full | Can water lacerate a tendon? A car-wash accident: A lacerated extensor hallucis longus tendon |
title_fullStr | Can water lacerate a tendon? A car-wash accident: A lacerated extensor hallucis longus tendon |
title_full_unstemmed | Can water lacerate a tendon? A car-wash accident: A lacerated extensor hallucis longus tendon |
title_short | Can water lacerate a tendon? A car-wash accident: A lacerated extensor hallucis longus tendon |
title_sort | can water lacerate a tendon? a car-wash accident: a lacerated extensor hallucis longus tendon |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6107933/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30191198 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tjem.2017.09.001 |
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