title: Catfish noodling forearm injury requiring urgent surgical treatment: a case report and review of the literature.
abstract: "Noodling" is an ancient form of hand fishing recently gaining in popularity as a hobby and sport. We present one of the first case reports of a noodling injury in an adolescent male seeking to land a large catfish, and also review the literature on catfish-related injuries.
authors.affiliation: Saint Louis University Medical School, St. Louis, MO (Ms Kaar).
authors.forename: Courtney R J
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Kaar
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO (Dr Plikaitis).
authors.forename: Christina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Plikaitis
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Division of Emergency Medicine, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO (Drs Germino and Nakanishi).
authors.forename: Kevin W
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: Germino
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Division of Emergency Medicine, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO (Drs Germino and Nakanishi). Electronic address: nakanimk@slu.edu.
authors.forename: Albert K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Nakanishi
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000818:Animals; D002397:Catfishes; D005543:Forearm Injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011998:Recreation
keywords: catfish injury; fishing injury; hand fishing; noodling; tendon laceration