Finger Jammed in a Door Knob

Abstract

216 inger jammed in a ring or a circular metal piece may lead to a variety of injuries from simple dermabrasion to amputation. Classifications particularly based on the type of vascular injury are still in use today.1 In absence of an avulsion and presence of adequate blood supply to the finger, primary repair of the soft tissues may be performed, whereas vascular grafting may be necessary in case of arterial or venous circulation failure. The main reason here lies behind the presence of a bigger injury than it looks and the occurrence of vascular injury on a longer segment of the vein. Another repair in addition to the arterial and venous repair in avulsion injuries that requires grafting is the skin repair. This, in turn, additionally creates morbidity in the donor site. An accompanying severe soft tissue damage (avulsion or degloving) or amputation may present a challenge for the reimplantation technique, however, is also directly associated with the rate of success.2 While avulsion injuries are usually experienced in the work place, primary dermabrasion injuries or those which occur as a result of removing a ring from an edematous finger are encountered at home. The most important stage of the treatment in these injuries relies on the comfortable removal of the ring, causing minimum soft tissue injury possible. In our study, Finger Jammed in a Door Knob