Citation

Matsunaga T, Saitoh S, Tanikawa H, Hayashi M, Ohira M, Kimura T. Br. J. Sports Med. 2004; 38(1): 80-83.

Affiliation

Department of Orthopaedics, Azumi General Hospital, Azumi, Japan.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2004, BMJ Publishing Group)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

14751953

PMCID

PMC1724750

Abstract

A laceration deep enough to reach the bone occurs very rarely in skiing or snowboarding. Two such cases are presented here. In one case, the popliteal fossa of a skier was cut during a collision with a snowboarder. All structures posterior to the knee were severed and the leg became ischaemic. The other case was of a snowboarder who sustained a deep cut to the distal forearm during landing after a jump, resulting in a "spaghetti wrist".

Language: en