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A Stiff Finger: A “Concrete” Diagnosis

High-pressure injection injuries of the hand are uncommon but are associated with significant morbidity and require urgent surgical intervention. We describe a case of high-pressure injection of cement into the digit of a male patient while using an airless spray gun. We outline the initial assessme...

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Autores principales: Bateman, Laura, Roy, Iain, Kenyon, Olivia, Manton, Robert, Goon, Patrick
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8694018/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34956799
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.20425
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description High-pressure injection injuries of the hand are uncommon but are associated with significant morbidity and require urgent surgical intervention. We describe a case of high-pressure injection of cement into the digit of a male patient while using an airless spray gun. We outline the initial assessment and surgical intervention, patient counselling regarding definitive management, and long-term outcomes of his injury. We also discuss mechanisms of high-pressure injection injuries, reconstructive options, and present a review of outcomes in patients sustaining similar injuries.
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spelling pubmed-86940182021-12-23 A Stiff Finger: A “Concrete” Diagnosis Bateman, Laura Roy, Iain Kenyon, Olivia Manton, Robert Goon, Patrick Cureus Emergency Medicine High-pressure injection injuries of the hand are uncommon but are associated with significant morbidity and require urgent surgical intervention. We describe a case of high-pressure injection of cement into the digit of a male patient while using an airless spray gun. We outline the initial assessment and surgical intervention, patient counselling regarding definitive management, and long-term outcomes of his injury. We also discuss mechanisms of high-pressure injection injuries, reconstructive options, and present a review of outcomes in patients sustaining similar injuries. Cureus 2021-12-15 /pmc/articles/PMC8694018/ /pubmed/34956799 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.20425 Text en Copyright © 2021, Bateman et al. https://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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