Department of Plastic Surgery, Government Medical College, Kozhikode, Kerala, India.
J Hand Surg Asian Pac Vol. 2024 Aug;29(4):360-364. doi: 10.1142/S2424835524720123. Epub 2024 Jul 12.
Injection of mercury into the upper limb is a rare method of self-harm. We report two patients with varied clinical presentations - a 19-year-old male student who injected himself with mercury extracted from a sphygmomanometer bulb and reported to our emergency department 24 hours after the event and a 34-year-old industry worker who presented 2 years after injecting himself with elemental mercury. The management of mercury poisoning is described along with a brief review of literature. Mercury is a toxic element and adequate safety precautions must be taken by the surgical team in the management of such patients. Level V (Therapeutic).
上肢内注入汞是一种罕见的自伤方法。我们报告了两例临床表现各异的患者：一名 19 岁男学生从血压计球囊内抽取汞后自行注射，并在事件发生后 24 小时到我们急诊就诊；另一名 34 岁工业工人在自行注射元素汞后 2 年就诊。本文描述了汞中毒的治疗方法，并简要回顾了文献。汞是一种有毒元素，外科团队在处理此类患者时必须采取充分的安全预防措施。 五级（治疗）。
