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Airbag-induced thumb avulsion: two case reports

Authors: Anne-Marie C. C. Stoel, Jeroen Vanhaecke, Marleen Dezillie, Dirk Oosterlinck, Filip Stockmans

Published in: HAND | Issue 1/2015

Abstract

Although airbags are designed to save lives and protect victims from serious injuries, airbag deployment can cause unwanted lesions. In this case report, two cases are presented of young women who sustained an important fracture dislocation of the first carpometacarpal joint (CMC I joint) caused by airbag deployment during a car collision.

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Title: Airbag-induced thumb avulsion: two case reports
Authors: Anne-Marie C. C. Stoel
Jeroen Vanhaecke
Marleen Dezillie
Dirk Oosterlinck
Filip Stockmans
Publication date: 01-03-2015
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: HAND / Issue 1/2015
Print ISSN: 1558-9447
Electronic ISSN: 1558-9455
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11552-013-9578-6

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