Extrication of the hand from a meat grinder.
A case is presented in which a patient arrived in the emergency room with his forearm firmly entrapped in a large commercial meat grinder. The arm was extricated without sacrificing additional forearm stump length by reversing the worm mechanism of the meat grinder.
D000062:Accidents, Occupational; D000293:Adolescent; D006230:Hand Injuries / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008462:Meat-Packing Industry