Episode 15: Lacerations – How to manage (from webinar)
This is the podcast recording of a clinical webinar held on 18 June 2020. Using first principles, Dr Mackay provides a framework for assessing lacerations and wounds.
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Trigger finger: What does that mean?
What does it mean to have a trigger finger? You’ve never handled a gun in your life, yet you’re being told you have a trigger finger? What is that? Something Clint Eastwood has? No, it’s nothing so glamorous as Hollywood. If your finger gets stiff or stuck when bent and you get a painful snapping …
Fingertip injuries: a rundown
Injuries to the fingernails are usually traumatic and acute. They often occur from crush injuries or deep lacerations through the top of the finger. Often these type of injuries not only involve the fingernail but the surrounding structures as well. Fractures, amputations, nerve and tendon damage may also be seen in association with fingernail trauma. …