Nail gun injuries of the fingers: a safer method of nail removal.
In nail gun injuries of the fingers, removal of the nail in the antegrade fashion (in the same direction as its introduction) prevents soft tissue entrapment by the hooked barbs of the nail. This concept is illustrated in a case report.
al-Qattan
M M
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Section of Plastic Surgery, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada.
Stranc
M F
MF
D000062:Accidents, Occupational; D000328:Adult; D003252:Construction Materials; D005383:Finger Injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008670:Metals; D014950:Wounds, Penetrating / Q000601:surgery*
D008670:Metals