%0 Journal Article
%T High-pressure plastic injection injury of the hand: case report
%J Occupational medicine
%D 2011
%A Kamrani, R. S.
%A Mehrpour, S. R.
%A Aghamirsalim, M. R.
%V 61
%N 7
%P 518-520
%X Occupational high-pressure injection injuries are not common but can be devastating, especially to the hand. Most of the time, full recovery does not occur. We present a case of high-pressure injection injury to the hand in a patient who worked in a shoe-making factory. As far as we know, this massive involvement of a limb in a high-pressure plastic injection injury has never been reported in the literature. Better controls are required to prevent injection injuries and when they do occur, a high index of suspicion is required with immediate referral for surgical review.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
%G en
%I Oxford University Press
%@ 0962-7480
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/occmed/kqr082