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June 21, 2025 | SUBSCRIBE | SHOP | ARCHIVE
Written by Dr. Nick Golinvaux
Good morning. Welcome to week 10 of my paternity leave from the newsletter. Bon Jovi tells me we're halfway there!
Please enjoy another of my top 20 most popular articles on tap this week, this time covering all you need to know about braces...and how to actually use them!
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X-RAY OF THE WEEK
It only takes a jet of water at 100 psi to break human skin.
So imagine what happens when a pressure washer at 2800 psi accidentally hits your finger while you clean the driveway (even though that clean is so satisfying)?
That's unfortunately what happened here. This person had a tiny little 1 cm cut from the stream of water as outlined in red above. But look how far the 2800 psi forced gas and water into their hand (outlined by yellow arrows).
A recipe for terrible infection and hand dysfunction.
This causes extreme tissue damage along the nerves and blood vessels of the arm, necessitating emergent surgery. I've seen small wounds in the finger force water (and in the worst case paint!) all the way through the hand, across the wrist, and up to the ELBOW.
So here's your PSA. Be on high alert with these things, even for mundane tasks like washing your driveway...
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Nick Golinvaux, MD
Hand & Upper Extremity Orthopedic Surgeon
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