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02-12-2010, 07:37 AM
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Re: He Be Ballin'
Here's the true background on these pix: A 22 year lady presented to the Emergency Department of a teaching hospital without a plastic surgery department at 2am. She had avulsed the skin off her ring finger of her right (dominant) hand (fig. 1) whilst attempting to jump over a spiked fence, catching her ring on the spike. She had been under the influence of alcohol. Her friends had presence of mind to “preserve” the skin in an ice-filled beer glass – fig. 2. Unfortunately, because of time elapsed, damage to the avulsed skin and poor communication to the plastic surgery department, the finger was deemed unsuitable for replantation and a free tissue flap was attempted. This case report offers advice to the emergency doctor on how to initially “treat” the hand and amputated digit and also how to describe the injury to a tertiary referral centre. SOURCE Still, very good pix, 3570! Never seen these B4. And, don't feel bad about the inaccurate details. It's happened to me (and, many others) when the OP at another gore site provides the wrong background. |