• Hayat Ahmad Khan, Younis Kamal, and Ansar Ul Haq Lone.
• Department of Orthopaedics, Bone and Joint Hospital, Kashmir, India.
• Trauma Mon. 2014 Apr 1; 19 (2): e17728.

IntroductionFishing is a leisure activity for some people around the world. Accidently the fish hook can get hooked in the hand. If the hook is barbed, removal becomes difficult. We report a case of such a injury in the hand and discuss the technique for its removal with a brief review of the literature.Case PresentationA thirty-two year old male accidently suffered a fishhook injury to his hand. He came to the orthopaedic ward two hours after the incident with pain; the fish hook was hanging from the hand. Unsuccessful attempts to remove it were made by his relatives. A push-through and cut-off technique was used for removal of barbed hook.DiscussionBarbed hooks are to be removed atraumatically with controlled incision over properly anaesthetised skin. Proper wound management and prophylactic antibiotics suitable for treatment of Aeromonas species should be initiated to prevent complications.

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