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Fishing-related foreign body in hand: not hook! A case report

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An unusual case of a fishing-related accident is presented. A piece of the float that hit the patient’s hand as a rebound when the caught fish broke free with the hook was undiagnosed for a period of 7 weeks. A 30-mm-long piece of rubber embedded in granulation tissue was recovered on exploration.

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  1. Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Addenbrooke’s University Hospital, Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 2QQ, UK

    Manish Sinha & Charles M. Malata

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Sinha, M., Malata, C.M. Fishing-related foreign body in hand: not hook! A case report. Eur J Plast Surg 32, 107–108 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00238-008-0287-2

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