Digital amputation caused by climbing-rope entanglement

Wilderness and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 178-179

  Jakubietz, Rafael G ^a   Jakubietz, Michael G ^a   Gruenert, Joerg G ^a  

^a CANTONAL HOSPITAL ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Climbing rope entanglement; Finger amputation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVULSION INJURY; CASE REPORT; CLIMBING; FALLING; FINGER AMPUTATION; HUMAN; INDEX FINGER; MALE; PHALANX; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 33750370923     PISSN: 10806032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1580/PR10-05     Document Type: Article

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