1. A case of impalement injury of finger
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Khin Maung Ohn and May H Ohn
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Aged, 80 and over ,Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Images In… ,Recall ,business.industry ,Wounds, Penetrating ,General Medicine ,Emergency department ,Finger injury ,Physical medicine and rehabilitation ,Finger Injuries ,Humans ,Medicine ,Accidental Falls ,RIGHT DOMINANT ,business ,Balance (ability) - Abstract
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 right dominant hand.
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- 2020
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