Firearm-related hypothenar hammer syndrome in a police officer

Hypothenar hammer syndrome (HHS) is an uncommon condition that is associated with occupational repetitive injury to the hand. The commonly associated occupations include auto mechanics, machinists, miners, and butchers or occupations requiring the worker to use the hypothenar portion of the hand as...

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Autores principales: Fung, Adrian T., Culig, Jennifer, Taylor, David C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2018
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Vascular injury
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6116776/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30175295
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jvscit.2018.05.002
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description Hypothenar hammer syndrome (HHS) is an uncommon condition that is associated with occupational repetitive injury to the hand. The commonly associated occupations include auto mechanics, machinists, miners, and butchers or occupations requiring the worker to use the hypothenar portion of the hand as a tool. Until now, there has never been a case report of HHS secondary to firearm use. In this report, we highlight a unique presentation of firearm-related HHS.
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spelling pubmed-61167762018-08-31 Firearm-related hypothenar hammer syndrome in a police officer Fung, Adrian T. Culig, Jennifer Taylor, David C. J Vasc Surg Cases Innov Tech Vascular injury Hypothenar hammer syndrome (HHS) is an uncommon condition that is associated with occupational repetitive injury to the hand. The commonly associated occupations include auto mechanics, machinists, miners, and butchers or occupations requiring the worker to use the hypothenar portion of the hand as a tool. Until now, there has never been a case report of HHS secondary to firearm use. In this report, we highlight a unique presentation of firearm-related HHS. Elsevier 2018-08-29 /pmc/articles/PMC6116776/ /pubmed/30175295 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jvscit.2018.05.002 Text en © 2018 The Authors 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/).
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Firearm-related hypothenar hammer syndrome in a police officer
title Firearm-related hypothenar hammer syndrome in a police officer
title_full Firearm-related hypothenar hammer syndrome in a police officer
title_fullStr Firearm-related hypothenar hammer syndrome in a police officer
title_full_unstemmed Firearm-related hypothenar hammer syndrome in a police officer
title_short Firearm-related hypothenar hammer syndrome in a police officer
title_sort firearm-related hypothenar hammer syndrome in a police officer
topic Vascular injury
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6116776/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30175295
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jvscit.2018.05.002
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