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Subcutaneous emphysema of a digit through a pre-existing puncture wound
1Odstock Centre for Burns, Plastic and Maxillofacial Surgery, Salisbury District Hospital, Wiltshire, UK.
British Journal of Plastic Surgery
|February 16, 2000
Abstract:
A case of injection of compressed air into a digit is reported. The air was injected at 50 PSI through a trivial puncture wound sustained some hours previously. The case had a benign course, in comparison to high pressure injection injuries with foreign material.