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Case Reports
. 2016 May-Aug;49(2):261-264.
doi: 10.4103/0970-0358.191309.

A review of three cases of mobile blast: The new culprit of hand injury

Nikunj B Mody  1 , Surendra B Patil  1 , Satish M Kale  1
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A review of three cases of mobile blast: The new culprit of hand injury

Nikunj B Mody et al. Indian J Plast Surg. 2016 May-Aug.

Abstract

Although blast injuries are common with war; cooking gas; firecracker, mobile phone blast cases are increasing in number in last couple of years. We present 3 cases of mobile blast in 3 children causing injury to dominant hand in them.

Keywords: Amputation; hand injury; mobile blast.

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Figure 1
A 10-year-old boy with right-hand mobile blast injury; pre- and post-operative photos
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Figure 2
A 12-year-old boy with right-hand battery blast; pre- and post-operative photos
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Figure 3
A 12-year-old boy with shrapnel injury over trunk
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