Striking Glass-Related Upper Extremity Injuries

We carried out a retrospective and prospective study of 47 patients who had sustained injuries over the last three years from the hand passing through or striking glass. The demographic data, severity of injury, history of psychiatric illness and outcomes of the patients were evaluated. The preoperative examination of these injuries significantly underestimated the amount of damage. A simple and small laceration has the potential to conceal an underlying deep injury. For this reason, if glass is implicated as a causative agent, careful preoperative evaluation and surgical management should be considered.