Author: Olivia Hayward / Editor: Ella Harrison-Hansley, Steve Corry-Bass / Reviewer: Peter Kilgour / Codes: SLO4, TC2, TP10, TP7 / Published: 18/04/2021
A 28-year-old man accidentally stabbed himself in the hand with a knife while cutting avocados. He was unable to flex his left ring finger at all and had pins and needles in his left middle and ring finger.
An X-ray of his hand showed no foreign bodies or bony injury. When asked to lay his hand in a neutral position, this is what the natural lie of his fingers was (see image).
9 responses
Spot on.
Interesting case..good learning bite.thank you very much
Great revision of anatomy of the hand
Good reminder to assess full function ( flexor and extensor mechanism of the fingers when dealing with an injury to the hand
Educational lesson
thanks
good learning module
informative
good explanation of hand injury