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Scaphoid Fracture Due to Rigid Handcuffs

From the Staffordshire General Hospital, Stafford, UK and the University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, UK

Correspondence: Nicholas Antonio Ferran, MBBS, MRCSEd, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff CF14 4XW, UK. E-mail: nferran{at}uku.co.uk.

Rigid handcuffs have been designed to allow ease of application and to allow better control of violent suspects by the police. This paper reports a case of scaphoid fracture sustained during inappropriate use of these handcuffs. The mechanism of injury described has been simulated for demonstration. Law enforcement officers and clinicians need to be aware of the risks of inappropriate use of these handcuffs.

Key Words: rigid • handcuff • scaphoid • fracture

This version was published on August 1, 2008

Journal of Hand Surgery (European Volume), Vol. 33, No. 4, 484-487 (2008)
DOI: 10.1177/1753193408089055


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