title: Removal of a Tungsten Carbide Ring from the Finger of a Pregnant Patient: A Case Report Involving 2 Emergency Departments and the Internet.
abstract: Introduction. Destructive or nondestructive procedures may be used to remove rings from injured fingers. Because of their hardness, tungsten carbide rings present special problems. Case Presentation. The patient was a 33-year-old woman, two weeks before delivery, with a swollen and reddened ring finger. It was decided to remove a tungsten carbide ring from her ring finger. This was achieved by shattering the ring with locking pliers. The patient's ring finger recovered fully.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Spital Zweisimmen, Spital STS AG, Karl Haueter-Strasse 21, 3770 Zweisimmen, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Alexandre
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Moser
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, Inselspital, University of Bern, Freiburgstrasse, 3010 Bern, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Aristomenis
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Exadaktylos
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Spital Zweisimmen, Spital STS AG, Karl Haueter-Strasse 21, 3770 Zweisimmen, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Alexander
authors.identifier: 0000-0001-8548-1293
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Radke