Fishhook Removal: Case Reports and a Review of the Literature

Prats, Michael I.; O’Connell, Michael R.; Wellock, Austin R; Kman, Nicholas

doi:10.1016/j.jemermed.2012.11.058

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“…However in their technique the barb was not cut as it was easily disengaged by slight rotation which was possible in the first web space of the hand 5 . The retrograde pulling method is used successfully all types of barbed hooks 4 . The hook is pulled back through and the barbed end is pulled under direct vision, thus minimizing injury to soft tissue or the underlying structures.…”

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An approach to fish-hook injury in children in remote hospital: A case report and brief literature review

Manyangbo

Devkota

2017

J Chitwan Med Coll

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Background: Fish-hook injury is a leisure activity based for many across the globe among adults. Sometimes, it has been occasionally happened in the playing group children when the fishing rod with hook kept carelessly and children try to play and caught hand or bodily injury. If the hook is snug then it becomes difficult to removal. We report two cases of such injury in the hand and discuss the technique for its removal with a short literature review. Cases: A 3 year and 15 years old male accidently suffered a fishhook into their great thumb. They came to the surgical OPD one day and same day respectively after the incident with pain. Unsuccessful attempts at removal were made. A retrograde pull method was applied to remove fish hooks successfully. Conclusion: Fish-hooks can be removed in children less traumatically following same technique for adult with a proper wound and pain care.

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An approach to fish-hook injury in children in remote hospital: A case report and brief literature review

Manyangbo

Devkota

2017

J Chitwan Med Coll

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“…Prats et al (2013) emphasized the management of injuries caused by barbed hooks but showed his method on only two cases (5). Nabi et al discouraged home removal of fish hooks by unqualified persons in a single case report (6).…”

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Fish Hook Injury: Removal by ‘’Push Through and Cut Off‘’ Technique: A Case Report and Brief Literature Review

Khan¹,

Kamal²,

Lone³

2014

Trauma Mon

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Introduction:Fishing is a leisure activity for some people around the world. Accidently the fish hook can get hooked in the hand. If the hook is barbed, removal becomes difficult. We report a case of such a injury in the hand and discuss the technique for its removal with a brief review of the literature.Case Presentation:A thirty-two year old male accidently suffered a fishhook injury to his hand. He came to the orthopaedic ward two hours after the incident with pain; the fish hook was hanging from the hand. Unsuccessful attempts to remove it were made by his relatives. A push-through and cut-off technique was used for removal of barbed hook.Discussion:Barbed hooks are to be removed atraumatically with controlled incision over properly anaesthetised skin. Proper wound management and prophylactic antibiotics suitable for treatment of Aeromonas species should be initiated to prevent complications.

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“…All of them designed for preventing further injury of barb during removing. There are few articles describing methods and its success rates [8]. Type of fishhook, location of injury and the depth of fishhook in tissue affects the technique selection.…”

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