High-Pressure Injection Injury

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ACCIDENTAL high-pressure paint-, oil-, or grease-gun injection is a known serious soft-tissue injury that requires prompt and specialized therapy.1-7This article describes a newly recognized and previously unreported high-pressure injection injury associated with the enhanced recovery process of the petroleum industry. Report of a Case A 25-year-old man sought aid because of a high-pressure injection injury to the left hand, of several hours' duration. The patient was at work on an oil rig, where he was passing a hose for forced pumping of a well. The hose contained mud, graphite, and seawater at 71 kg/sq cm (1,000 lb/sq in) pressure. A small defect occurred in the hose beneath the patient's left hand with injection at the base of the middle finger. Physical examination showed a puncture wound at the proximal flexor crease of the middle finger. The wound was stained dark gray around the edges. There was fusiform swelling

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