title: Injury to arms protruding through vehicle windows.
abstract: Driving with an arm protruding through a window can result in limb threatening injury. A series of seven upper limb injuries sustained during motor vehicle accidents (MVAs) with a limb protruding from the vehicle window is described. The severity and complexity of these injuries are related to the ultimate functional recovery for the limb. This study serves to highlight the severity of injury and morbidity following these modalities of trauma, which although rarely fatal, carry extensive consequences and could be easily prevented with appropriate education programmes and legislation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Royal Adelaide Hospital, North Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia 5000, Australia.
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Nikitins
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ibrahim
authors.forename: R D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Cooter
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001134:Arm Injuries / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D001315:Australia; D003646:Debridement; D005260:Female; D006230:Hand Injuries / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000209:etiology; D013708:Tendon Injuries / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D015599:Trauma Severity Indices; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D020246:Venous Thrombosis / Q000209:etiology