This is a live surgical video showing ultrasound and surgical removal of a simple wood splinter from the finger. Foreign body removal, exploration, and washout are crucial in this area to prevent flexor tenosynovitis. Although the splinter wasn't in the muscle an infection in this area could have progressed to something much worse. The same management can be implemented with other retained projectiles and or material.
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