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ArticleJBJS case connector2024

Digital Thermal Necrosis Resulting in Amputation After Removing a Tungsten Carbide Ring With a High-Speed Metal Burr: A Case Report.

Ernesto S Quinto, John M Dowbak

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Article in JBJS case connector, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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2 authors.

Ernesto S QuintoVCME Orthopedic Surgery Residency, Modesto, California.
John M DowbakVCME Orthopedic Surgery Residency, Modesto, California.ORCID 0009-0001-3453-3767

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

caseA 41-year-old man removed a tungsten carbide ring from his left index finger by cutting it off with a high-speed metal burr. The patient presented two days later with a pink and perfused left index finger with circumferential dry gangrene along the area of the ring, active flexor and extensor tendon excursion, and decreased sensation distally. Within 24 hours, the wound developed into wet gangrene and diffuse cyanosis requiring amputation.

conclusionAfter reviewing previously documented methods to remove tungsten carbide rings, the authors conclude clinicians should be cognizant of the potential complications associated with the use of a high-speed metal burr.

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Amputation, SurgicalTungsten CompoundsAdultFinger InjuriesFingersGangreneHumansJewelryMaleNecrosistungsten carbideTungsten Compounds

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PMID38758834
PMCPMC11097946

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