title: [A Rare Case in Hand Surgery: Adder Bite in an Index Finger].
abstract: The common European adder is an endangered animal species in Europe. Despite its endangerment, snake bite injuries do occur from time to time, even in Germany. This is a poisoning emergency. Detailed numbers concerning the incidence or lethality of adder bites in Germany do not exist. Only 13% of all cases have a severe course of disease, with children and elderly people prevailing in this patient group. We report the benign course of an adder bite injury of the index finger of a 60-year-old zoologist, which healed completely under symptomatic treatment and surveillance without any operative intervention.
authors.affiliation: Universitätsklinik für Plastische, Wiederherstellende und Handchirurgie, Zentrum für Schwerbrandverletzte, Paracelsus Medizinische Privatuniversität, Klinikum Nürnberg.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Jaehn
authors.affiliation: Universitätsklinik für Plastische, Wiederherstellende und Handchirurgie, Zentrum für Schwerbrandverletzte, Paracelsus Medizinische Privatuniversität, Klinikum Nürnberg.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zunker
authors.affiliation: Tiergarten der Stadt Nürnberg, Tiergarten Nürnberg, Nürnberg.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mägdefrau
authors.affiliation: Universitätsklinik für Plastische, Wiederherstellende und Handchirurgie, Zentrum für Schwerbrandverletzte, Paracelsus Medizinische Privatuniversität, Klinikum Nürnberg.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Reichert
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005060:Europe; D005385:Fingers; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012909:Snake Bites / Q000628:therapy*; D017819:Viperidae