Airbag-induced thumb avulsion: two case reports

HAND - Tập 10 - Trang 147-151 - 2014
Anne-Marie C. C. Stoel1, Jeroen Vanhaecke2, Marleen Dezillie2, Dirk Oosterlinck3, Filip Stockmans4
1Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, UZ Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
2Department of Orthopedy, Hand Surgery, AZ Groeninge, Kortrijk, Belgium
3Department of Orthopedy, AZ Groeninge, Kortrijk, Belgium
4Subfaculty of medicine Kulak, KU Leuven Kulak, Kortrijk, Belgium

Tóm tắt

Although airbags are designed to save lives and protect victims from serious injuries, airbag deployment can cause unwanted lesions. In this case report, two cases are presented of young women who sustained an important fracture dislocation of the first carpometacarpal joint (CMC I joint) caused by airbag deployment during a car collision.

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