Unusual limb injury associated with sport parachuting
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Unusual limb injury associated with sport parachuting.
The case is reported of an open injury of the right arm sustained during a parachute jump. The fracture was managed in the usual way with wound debridement, wound irrigation, skeletal stabilisation, and reconstruction of the soft tissues. Good shoulder and elbow function were achieved. The combined effort of an orthopaedic trauma surgeon and plastic surgeon is essential to improve outcomes in s...
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عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Sports Medicine
سال: 2003
ISSN: 0306-3674
DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.37.4.363