Abstract:A 38 year old lady sustained an injury to her left ring finger from an electric whisk which became intertwined around the pulp and nail complex, causing multiple lacerations, with ischaemia of the tip of the digit, in a previously undescribed pattern of injury. The apparent complexity of the wire loops led to initial uncertainty as to whether to remove the whisk in the Emergency Department. However, following consultation with the plastic surgery on-call team, wire cutters were used to divide the metal loops a… Show more
Set email alert for when this publication receives citations?
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.