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A 14 year old named Fred Weasely presents to your ER complaining of finger pain while playing some game called “Quidditch”. He reports he grabbed an opposing players cape as they were “flying…er…running” away. Since, he has had trouble making a fist with that finger. 

PS The answer isn’t skele-gro.

PPS If you’re not getting this awesome Harry Potter reference, you probably aren’t very cool.

Name the injury and mechanism?

Physican Exam findings?

ED Treatment?

Definitive Treatment?

By Dr. Andrew Grock and Dr. Sally Bogoch

References

Emergency Orthopedics 6th edition, chpt 11

Bowen et al. Evidence Based Management of Acute Hand Injuries in the Emergency Department. Retrieved from EBmedicine.net. Dec 2014, vol 16, no 12

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