1086 Consecutive injuries caused by glass

Study on Evaluation and Management of Hand Injuries

“…11 Some earlier reports showed that home injuries are commonly due to glass or knife cuts. 1,6,12 This is not consistent with our findings. This is probably because most home injuries are minor and treated in nearby clinics.…”

Lacerations Involving Glass

“…However, if the goal is to detect every case of retained glass, we would strive for a test sen¬ sitivity of 100%. In our study, glass was contained in only 12 of the 23 wounds of which the bottom was not visual¬ ized, yielding a relatively low sensitivity of 52% (95% con¬ fidence interval, 31% to 73%). Thus, if we had adopted the policy of not obtaining a roentgenogram for lacerations in which the bottom ofthe wound was seen to be free of glass, 149 unnecessary roentgenograms would have been avoided, but 11 lacerations would have been closed with retained glass fragments.…”

Two unusual stab injuries to the neck: homicide or self-infliction?

“…This accident mechanism is very extraordinary. Accidental sharp force fatalities mostly sustain their injuries by falling into intact architectural glass surfaces [1,4,5,9,10,12,15], while the woman actively moved into the tips of the glass, which had been shattered before. This scenario is also different from accidents involving knives carried unprotected in a pocket [6] or a bag [13], where the knives were driven into the body by impact of an object of high mass.…”

“…A typical scenario in accidents is an inebriated person falling into architectural glass such as a door or window [1,4,5,9,10,12,15]. This case report describes a very unusual incident involving a drinking glass.…”