Citation

Könneker S, Krezdorn N, Vogt PM, Altintas MA, Hiller MT, Ipaktchi R, Radtke C. Unfallchirurg 2016; 119(10): 854-858.

Vernacular Title

Schädlingsbekämpfung im eigenen Garten - Fallserie schwerer Handverletzungen durch Spreng- und Schussfallen in privatem Gebrauch.

Affiliation

Klinik für Plastische, Ästhetische, Hand- und Wiederherstellungschirurgie, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Carl- Neuberg-Str. 1, 30625, Hannover, Deutschland.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/s00113-016-0212-2

PMID

27444998

Abstract

Booby traps and gun-like devices for vole control can lead to complex trauma requiring emergency medical care. We present a case series of patients who suffered severe hand and facial trauma through detonation of booby traps and paraphernalia (n = 9, Ø 60 years of age). All patients were admitted to the emergency department of Hannover Medical School for primary care. Between 2011 and 2015 we treated six patients with hand trauma due to gun-like devices, two patients with hand trauma due to booby traps, and one patient with injury to the face including eyes due to a gas cartridge explosion. All hand trauma patients (n = 8) showed injuries of the soft tissue. Six of these patients also presented fractures or lesions of capsular or tendon structures. Therapies included debridement as well as skin grafts or flaps for tissue defect coverage. We informed the Department for Commercial Safety (Gewerbeaufsicht Hannover) in 2014 because we believe that these traps pose a serious safety hazard.

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