Removal of constricting bands using the Dremel drill [2]

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1182-1183

  Brock, Sherry ^a   Kuhn, Walter ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Constricting bands; Dremel drill; Ring removal

Indexed keywords

DEVICE; DRILL; EMERGENCY WARD; FINGER; HUMAN; LETTER; PENIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032714254     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.1999.tb00127.x     Document Type: Letter

References (7)

1. Meadoff M. Removing constricting bands on the penis. Ann Emerg Med. 1995; 26:758.
2. Edlich RF, Eggleston JM. Technical considerations in wound repair. In: Tintinalli J, Ruiz E, Krome RL (eds). Emergency Medicine: A Comprehensive Study Guide, Fourth Edition. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1996, pp 299-300.
3. Cresap C. Removal of a hardened steel ring from an extremely swollen finger. Am J Emerg Med. 1995; 13:318-20.
4. Shimizu R, Inoue S, Akazawa S, Fukuda H. Another simple method for ring removal. Anesthesiology. 1995; 83:1133-4.
5. Lammers RL, Freemyer BC. Hand. In: Rosen P, Barkin RM (eds). Emergency Medicine: Concepts and Clinical Practice, Third Edition. St Louis: Mosby, 1992, p 586.
6. Wee JTK, Chandra D. A rapid method of removal of rings impacted in fingers. J Hand Surg. 1989; 14B:126-7.
7. McElfresh EC, Peterson-Elijah RC. Removal of a tight ring by the rubber band technique. J Hand Surg. 1991; 16B: 225-6.