Deep cutting injury from the edges of a snowboard.
A laceration deep enough to reach the bone occurs very rarely in skiing or snowboarding. Two such cases are presented here. In one case, the popliteal fossa of a skier was cut during a collision with a snowboarder. All structures posterior to the knee were severed and the leg became ischaemic. The other case was of a snowboarder who sustained a deep cut to the distal forearm during landing after a jump, resulting in a "spaghetti wrist".
Matsunaga
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Department of Orthopaedics, Azumi General Hospital, Azumi, Japan.
Saitoh
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Tanikawa
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Hayashi
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Ohira
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Kimura
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D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005543:Forearm Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007718:Knee Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D022125:Lacerations / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D012865:Skiing / Q000293:injuries*