title: Chronic erosion injury of a digit by a ring: epidemiology, staging, treatment and prognosis.
abstract: A 71-year-old man who presented with chronic erosion of a digit by an ornamental ring is reported. The literature is reviewed; and the epidemiology, risk factors, staging, treatment and outcome are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Yan Chai Hospital, Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong, China.
authors.forename: Y-F
authors.initials: YF
authors.lastname: Leung
authors.forename: S P S
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Ip
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005383:Finger Injuries / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005385:Fingers; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011379:Prognosis