Traumatic Multi-Finger Amputations After Trying to Rein in a Horse

The authors present a case of traumatic, multiple partial-digit amputations caused by the patient entangling three of his fingers in the reins of a moving horse. The patient experienced amputation in fingers III-V on the dominant, right hand. The patient was stabilized and provided analgesia before...

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Autores principales: Mangal, Rohan, Stead, Tej G, Ganti, Latha, Jasper, Travis, Sleigh, Bryan C
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2019
Materias:
Emergency Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6743660/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31528520
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.5171
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author Mangal, Rohan
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description The authors present a case of traumatic, multiple partial-digit amputations caused by the patient entangling three of his fingers in the reins of a moving horse. The patient experienced amputation in fingers III-V on the dominant, right hand. The patient was stabilized and provided analgesia before referral to a surgical center for potential replantation. The emergency management of traumatic finger amputations is reviewed.
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spelling pubmed-67436602019-09-16 Traumatic Multi-Finger Amputations After Trying to Rein in a Horse Mangal, Rohan Stead, Tej G Ganti, Latha Jasper, Travis Sleigh, Bryan C Cureus Emergency Medicine The authors present a case of traumatic, multiple partial-digit amputations caused by the patient entangling three of his fingers in the reins of a moving horse. The patient experienced amputation in fingers III-V on the dominant, right hand. The patient was stabilized and provided analgesia before referral to a surgical center for potential replantation. The emergency management of traumatic finger amputations is reviewed. Cureus 2019-07-18 /pmc/articles/PMC6743660/ /pubmed/31528520 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.5171 Text en Copyright © 2019, Mangal et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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title Traumatic Multi-Finger Amputations After Trying to Rein in a Horse
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title_short Traumatic Multi-Finger Amputations After Trying to Rein in a Horse
title_sort traumatic multi-finger amputations after trying to rein in a horse
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6743660/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31528520
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.5171
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