title: Airbag-induced thumb avulsion: two case reports.
abstract: Although airbags are designed to save lives and protect victims from serious injuries, airbag deployment can cause unwanted lesions. In this case report, two cases are presented of young women who sustained an important fracture dislocation of the first carpometacarpal joint (CMC I joint) caused by airbag deployment during a car collision.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, UZ Leuven, Herestraat 49, 3000 Leuven, Belgium.
authors.forename: Anne-Marie C C
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Stoel
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedy, Hand Surgery, AZ Groeninge, Campus Loofstraat, Loofstraat 43, 8500 Kortrijk, Belgium.
authors.forename: Jeroen
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vanhaecke
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedy, Hand Surgery, AZ Groeninge, Campus Loofstraat, Loofstraat 43, 8500 Kortrijk, Belgium.
authors.forename: Marleen
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dezillie
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedy, AZ Groeninge, Campus Vercruysselaan, Burgemeester Vercruysselaan 5, 8500 Kortrijk, Belgium.
authors.forename: Dirk
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Oosterlinck
authors.affiliation: Subfaculty of medicine Kulak, KU Leuven Kulak, Etienne Sabbelaan 53, 8500 Kortrijk, Belgium.
authors.forename: Filip
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Stockmans