title: Finger trapped in door latch removed using an electric saw. A new technique and review of other techniques.
abstract: Trapping of fingers in metallic bands is a commonly encountered situation. The children, elderly people, and psychiatric patients are the usual victims. The constricting object in the digit causes obstruction to lymphatic and venous drainage leading to oedema distal to the constriction, which leads to further neurovascular compromise and presents as a surgical emergency. A 7-year-old boy presented to us with his right middle finger being stuck in a steel door latch. Multiple attempts were made to remove the trapped finger with conventional methods, and subsequently, it was removed by electric-driven metal cutting saw, which was not previously described in medical literature to the best of our knowledge.
authors.affiliation: Senior Resident, Department of Orthopaedics, Maulana Azad Medical College and Lok Nayak Hospital, New Delhi 110002, India.
authors.forename: Anurag
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tiwari
authors.affiliation: Senior Resident, Department of Orthopaedics, Maulana Azad Medical College and Lok Nayak Hospital, New Delhi 110002, India.
authors.forename: Nishit
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Bhatnagar
authors.affiliation: Senior Resident, Department of Orthopaedics, Maulana Azad Medical College and Lok Nayak Hospital, New Delhi 110002, India.
authors.forename: Ankit
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Thora
authors.affiliation: Senior Resident, Department of Orthopaedics, Maulana Azad Medical College and Lok Nayak Hospital, New Delhi 110002, India.
authors.forename: Amit
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.affiliation: Post Graduate, Department of Orthopaedics, Maulana Azad Medical College and Lok Nayak Hospital, New Delhi 110002, India.
authors.forename: Hari
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kishan
authors.affiliation: Post Graduate, Department of Orthopaedics, Maulana Azad Medical College and Lok Nayak Hospital, New Delhi 110002, India.
authors.forename: Saikat
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jena
keywords: Door; Electric saw; Latch; Middle finger; Trapped finger