Traumatic hand amputation while wakeboarding

Abstract

Figure 2 Lateral radiograph of the patient's right forearm demonstrating an amputation of the hand through the distal radius and ulna.This pdf has been created automatically from the fi nal edited text and images.

Severe neck lacerations during cable skiing in a child

“…Rope strangulations have been reported while wakeboarding. A case of median nerve compression after a wrist strangulation prompted a delayed surgical decompression and hematoma evacuation [7], while a dramatic case of hand amputation was reported in a 55 year old wakeboard instructor as the tow cable became wrapped around the patient's wrist before the towing jet-ski started [8].…”