Traumatic Hand Amputation Resulting in Catatonia

AbstractObjectivesTo describe challenges in diagnosis and treatment of congenital neonatal gangrene lesions associated with history of maternal coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection.Case presentationA preterm neonate was born with upper extremity necrotic lesions and a history of active maternal COVID-19 infection. The etiology of his injury was challenging to deduce, despite extensive hypercoagulability work-up and biopsy of the lesion. Management, including partial forearm salvage and hand amputation is described.ConclusionsNeonatal gangrene has various etiologies, including compartment syndrome and intrauterine thromboembolic phenomena. Maternal COVID-19 can cause intrauterine thrombotic events and need to be considered in a differential diagnosis.

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Surgical Wound Mucormycosis Necessitating Hand Amputation: A Case Report

Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery ◽

10.1177/230949900801600230 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 16 (2) ◽

pp. 267-269 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

HH Chew ◽

A Abuzeid ◽

D Singh ◽

CC Tai

Keyword(s):

Case Report ◽

Surgical Wound ◽

Hand Amputation

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Functional outcome in a transmetacarpal left hand amputation with intact thumb

Annals of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine ◽

10.1016/j.rehab.2014.03.450 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 57 ◽

pp. e126

Author(s):

T. Khalil ◽

A. Raza ◽

T. Khalil

Keyword(s):

Functional Outcome ◽

Left Hand ◽

Hand Amputation

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Compartment Syndrome and Wrist Disarticulation After a Catfish Sting

Hand ◽

10.1177/15589447211063236 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 155894472110632

Author(s):

Colin J. Carroll ◽

Gonzalo Sumarriva ◽

Lacey Lavie ◽

Christopher Sugalski ◽

Leslie Sisco-Wise ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Compartment Syndrome ◽

Delayed Presentation ◽

Pectoral Fins ◽

Hand Amputation

Catfish have the ability to inflict stings on their victims through spines located on their dorsal and pectoral fins. The stings of catfish can release toxins that have dermonecrotic, edemogenic, and vasospastic factors. In this case, a 56-year-old man suffered a catfish sting to his right thumb, which resulted in acute hand compartment syndrome and resultant hand fasciotomies. His hospital course was complicated by multiple irrigation and debridements, finger amputations, hand fluid cultures positive for Vibrio damsela, and eventual wrist disarticulation. The combination of envenomation, infection, and delayed presentation for treatment ultimately led to a hand amputation.

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The Hemodialysis Patient and Hand Amputation

American Journal of Nephrology ◽

10.1159/000046656 ◽

2001 ◽

Vol 21 (6) ◽

pp. 498-501 ◽

Cited By ~ 19

Author(s):

Max P. Levine

Keyword(s):

Hemodialysis Patient ◽

Hand Amputation

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Self-Inflicted Hand Amputation without Replantation in a Patient with Body Integrity Identity Disorder

JBJS Case Connector ◽

10.2106/jbjs.cc.20.00976 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (3) ◽

Author(s):

Dipak B. Ramkumar ◽

Marcel G. Brown ◽

Chad Y. Lewis ◽

Celestine E. Warren ◽

Thomas A. Fortney ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Body Integrity Identity Disorder ◽

Hand Amputation

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And Yet It Moves: What We Currently Know about Phantom Arm Movements

The Neuroscientist ◽

10.1177/1073858420904326 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 26 (4) ◽

pp. 328-342 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Eugenio Scaliti ◽

Emanuele Gruppioni ◽

Cristina Becchio

Keyword(s):

Arm Movements ◽

Arm Movement ◽

Phantom Limb ◽

Voluntary Movements ◽

Limb Movements ◽

The Real ◽

Cortical Level ◽

Hand Amputation

What is left over if I subtract the fact that my arm goes up from the fact that I raise my arm? Neurological evidence invites the provocative hypothesis that what is left over is a phantom arm movement—a movement of an arm that has been amputated. After arm/hand amputation, many amputees report that they can generate voluntary movements of the phantom limb; that is, they can move the arm that was amputated. But what is it like to move an arm/hand that is not there? Here, we review what is currently known about phantom limb movements at three descriptive levels: the kinematic level, the muscle level, and the cortical level. We conclude that phantom arm movements are best conceptualized as the real movements of a dematerialized hand.

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