Citation

Al-Qattan MM, Stranc MF. J. Hand Surg. Br. 1993; 18(5): 652-653.

Affiliation

Section of Plastic Surgery, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada.

Comment In:

J Hand Surg Br 1994;19(2):263.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1993, British Society for Surgery of the Hand, Publisher Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

8294837

Abstract

In nail gun injuries of the fingers, removal of the nail in the antegrade fashion (in the same direction as its introduction) prevents soft tissue entrapment by the hooked barbs of the nail. This concept is illustrated in a case report.

Language: en