PMID- 12923938
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20031106
LR  - 20220316
IS  - 0218-8104 (Print)
IS  - 0218-8104 (Linking)
VI  - 8
IP  - 1
DP  - 2003 Jul
TI  - Injury to arms protruding through vehicle windows.
PG  - 75-9
AB  - Driving with an arm protruding through a window can result in limb threatening 
      injury. A series of seven upper limb injuries sustained during motor vehicle 
      accidents (MVAs) with a limb protruding from the vehicle window is described. The 
      severity and complexity of these injuries are related to the ultimate functional 
      recovery for the limb. This study serves to highlight the severity of injury and 
      morbidity following these modalities of trauma, which although rarely fatal, 
      carry extensive consequences and could be easily prevented with appropriate 
      education programmes and legislation.
FAU - Nikitins, M D
AU  - Nikitins MD
AD  - Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Royal Adelaide Hospital, North 
      Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia 5000, Australia.
FAU - Ibrahim, S
AU  - Ibrahim S
FAU - Cooter, R D
AU  - Cooter RD
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - Singapore
TA  - Hand Surg
JT  - Hand surgery : an international journal devoted to hand and upper limb surgery 
      and related research : journal of the Asia-Pacific Federation of Societies for 
      Surgery of the Hand
JID - 9602613
SB  - IM
MH  - *Accidents, Traffic
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Adult
MH  - Arm Injuries/*etiology/*surgery
MH  - Australia
MH  - Debridement
MH  - Female
MH  - Hand Injuries/etiology/surgery
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Postoperative Complications
MH  - Pulmonary Embolism/etiology
MH  - Tendon Injuries/etiology/surgery
MH  - Trauma Severity Indices
MH  - Treatment Outcome
MH  - Venous Thrombosis/etiology
EDAT- 2003/08/19 05:00
MHDA- 2003/11/07 05:00
CRDT- 2003/08/19 05:00
PHST- 2002/07/19 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2003/05/29 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2003/08/19 05:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2003/11/07 05:00 [medline]
PHST- 2003/08/19 05:00 [entrez]
AID - S0218810403001583 [pii]
AID - 10.1142/s0218810403001583 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Hand Surg. 2003 Jul;8(1):75-9. doi: 10.1142/s0218810403001583.