Facial Trauma from a Snapped-Back Water Ski Towbar

Navon, Sam

doi:10.1097/00005373-199805000-00034

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“…Mechanical cables as such can cause severe injuries [7], as seen in our case with a wrist strangulation with consecutive acute carpal syndrome, acute median nerve contusion and soft tissue laceration necessitating urgent surgical median nerve decompression and wound management.…”

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“…A facial trauma has been encountered following a snapped-back water ski towbar in a 28-year-old woman spotting a water-skier from the back of a boat striking her right eye with a hyphema, ecchymosis of the right eyelids, a right cheek laceration and a displaced maxillary fracture of the right medial wall and floor of the orbit necessitating several ophthalmic surgical procedures [7]. …”

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A wakeboarding injury presented as acute carpal syndrome and median nerve contusion after wrist strangulation: a case report

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BackgroundWe present a case of combined median nerve contusion with immediate loss of sensation after the strangulation with a wakeboarding rope and prolonged referral to our department 72 hours after the injury accompanied by an acute carpal tunnel syndrome with immediate relief of numbness of a significant proportion of the median nerve following surgical decompression.Case presentationThe palmar branch of the median nerve was surrounded by a significant haematoma in addition to the strangulation damage caused by its more superficial location in contrast to the median nerve.ConclusionIn case of acute median neuropathy, urgent surgical intervention with exploration, decompression of both, the median nerve and the superficial branch of the median nerve, accompanied by compartment measurements of the forearm should be performed to regain or re-establish neurological integrity.

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A wakeboarding injury presented as acute carpal syndrome and median nerve contusion after wrist strangulation: a case report

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“…Rope injuries during water skiing occur when inexperienced water-skiers rise from a stationary sitting position in the water or when they fail to release the handle when falling backwards into the water [5]. Eye injuries have been reported by hitting the tow bar [6]. Rope strangulations have been reported while wakeboarding.…”

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confidence: 99%