We present a case of a 71-year-old woman with a partially embedded finger ring in
her left ring finger after a mechanical fall and laceration to the finger approximately
9 weeks earlier. It was removed on the ward under local anesthetic without event.
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Publication history
Published online: November 18, 2014
Accepted:
September 30,
2014
Received in revised form:
September 11,
2014
Received:
May 30,
2014
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