Bilateral Ring Finger Necrosis in a Hemodialysis Patient: A Case Report

Han,  Chung Soo; Chung,  Duke Whan; Lee,  Jae Hoon; Jeong,  Bi O; Park,  Hyun Chul; Kim,  Jin Young; Chang,  Jin

Journal of the Korean Society for Surgery of the Hand 2009;14(4):247-249.
Published online December 1, 2009.

Chung Soo Han, Duke Whan Chung, Jae Hoon Lee, Bi O Jeong, Hyun Chul Park, Jin Young Kim, Jin Chang

¹Department of Orthopedic Surgery, School of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea. haddal12345@naver.com
²Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Woori General Hospital, Gyeonggi-do, Korea.

Abstract

Finger gangrene due to arterial occulussive disease is a rare condition in the upper extremity. Moreover, finger gangrene occurring in patients undergoing hemodialysis due to end-stage renal disease has been reported very rarely. We present a case of bilateral ring finger necrosis undergoing hemodialysis due to an end-stage renal disease.