title: High-pressure plastic injection injury of the hand: case report.
abstract: Occupational high-pressure injection injuries are not common but can be devastating, especially to the hand. Most of the time, full recovery does not occur. We present a case of high-pressure injection injury to the hand in a patient who worked in a shoe-making factory. As far as we know, this massive involvement of a limb in a high-pressure plastic injection injury has never been reported in the literature. Better controls are required to prevent injection injuries and when they do occur, a high index of suspicion is required with immediate referral for surgical review.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Shariati Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran 14114, Iran.
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Kamrani
authors.forename: S R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Mehrpour
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Aghamirsalim
mesh_terms: D000062:Accidents, Occupational; D000328:Adult; D005543:Forearm Injuries / Q000209:etiology*; D006230:Hand Injuries / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007277:Injections, Jet; D008297:Male; D010969:Plastics / Q000633:toxicity*; D011312:Pressure; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D010969:Plastics