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Case report: Clinical management of freshwater stingray wounds using negative pressure therapy [PDF]
Frontiers in MedicineStingray injuries represent a significant occupational hazard, particularly for fishermen, and are commonly caused by freshwater stingrays of the Potamotrygonidae family. These stingrays are equipped with a sharp, bilaterally serrated spine that delivers
Janio J. M. Nattrodt +13 more
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Late Presentation of a Retained Stingray Spine in the Plantar Medial Hindfoot
Foot & Ankle Orthopaedics, 2019 In the United States, approximately 2000 stingray injuries occur annually. The majority of reports on stingray injuries to the foot and ankle reflect acute injuries.
David Falk
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Toxins, 2015 Freshwater stingrays cause many serious human injuries, but identification of the offending species is uncommon. The present case involved a large freshwater stingray, Potamotrygon motoro (Chondrichthyes: Potamotrygonidae), in the Araguaia River in ...
Nelson Jorge da Silva Jr, Steven D Aird
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Extraction procedure of a stingray spine
Journal of Travel Medicine, 2020 Stingrays stings are becoming an increasingly common marine injury. Stingray spine extraction is a complicated maneuver without a precise method: we present here a novel approach to safely remove a penetrating stingray sting. This procedure is easy and does not require specialized medical devices.
Giovanni Cappa, Bruno Barcella
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Can a stingray tear a tendon? A case report of delayed Achilles rupture following envenomation [PDF]
Turkish Journal of Emergency MedicineStingray injuries, though common in coastal regions, rarely result in severe musculoskeletal complications such as tendon rupture. This case report presents the first documented instance of a 61-year-old male who sustained a stingray injury to the ...
Jacob Stibelman +3 more
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Journal of Education and Teaching in Emergency Medicine, 2017 History of present illness: A 49-year-old male presented with a chief complaint of left hand pain after a stingray sting. The patient reported that he was swimming in the ocean in Huntington Beach, California, approximately two hours prior to arrival ...
Tanya Dall
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Conservation Science and PracticeMany chondrichthyan fishes are experiencing alarming population declines primarily due to overfishing, exacerbated by their inherently vulnerable life history traits including slow growth rates and low fecundity.
Jennifer Ann Keeping +4 more
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First report of Vandellia sp. parasiting the Raspy river stingray Potamotrygon scobina in the Amazon basin [PDF]
Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia VeterináriaThis study reports the first record of candiru, Vandellia sp. parasitizing the freshwater stingray Potamotrygon scobina in the Amazon basin, Brazil. In April 2018, a specimen of Potamotrygon scobina was collected by bottom long-term using fish as bait ...
Paulo Arthur Abreu Trindade +5 more
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The Yellow Stingray,Urobatis jamaicensis(Chondrichthyes: Urotrygonidae): a synoptic review [PDF]
Caribbean Journal of Science, 2013 The yellow stingray, Urobatis jamaicensis (Cuvier) has been the subject of a multitude of diverse studies on its natural history, morphology, and physiology. We have attempted here to briefly review all the studies on U.
Fahy, Daniel P. +4 more
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Stingray envenomation and injury in a dog
Open Veterinary Science, 2021 The stingray, a seemingly harmless cartilaginous fish, is capable of causing painful injuries and envenomation in humans. There is no known peer reviewed case report involving dogs in a veterinary journal at the time of writing this case report.
Adegboye Olutoye, Adegboye Olusegun
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