A case of impalement injury of finger

• Main Authors: May H Ohn, Khin M Ohn
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2020
• Subjects: RD792-811 Physical rehabilitation
• Online Access: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/29001/1/A%20case%20of%20impalement%20injury%20of%20finger%20FULL%20TEXT.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/29001/2/A%20case%20of%20impalement%20injury%20of%20finger%20ABSTRACT.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/29001/; https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=85097836580&origin=inward; https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2020-239234
• Institution: Universiti Malaysia Sabah

A 90-year-old man, with Parkinson’s disease, presented to the emergency department with a penetrating finger injury that was caught in the door-handle after a fall. He couldn’t recall the detailed mechanism of fall, but he lost his balance and fell backwards while holding the door-handlewith his rig...