Paint Gun Injuries (Subscribe)

- high pressure grease and paint guns are most common cause of injury, & site of injury is often the pad od the thumb or index finger;
- severity of injury is often underestimated due to the small punctate entrance wound;
- injected substance...

In 1937, Rees published the first reported case of a high-pressure injection (HPI) injury to the finger. This injury involved diesel fuel. Prior to Rees's report, Hesse had described a similar injury in 1925.
Although over 100 case reports of HPI injuries of the hand can be found in the literature,...