Medicina de Emergência: Acesso Aberto
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Elastic Band, Friend or Foe? A Case of Digital Amputation Following Accidental Elastic Band Application and a Review of the Literature

John Whitaker, Marlese Dempsey and Ash Mosahebi

We present a case of a necrotic finger caused by misguided self-application of an elastic band. The influence of elastic bands in medicine is then discussed.