Original Article Idli Plate – An Uncommon Cause of Pediatric Digital
Trauma.
1. Dr. Jayakumar Palanisamy, 2. Dr. Padma Priya
Seshadri, 3. Dr. P.Manikanthan
1. Assistant Professor, Department of
Paediatric Surgery, Government Mohan
Kumaramangalam Medical College and
Hospital, Salem;
2. 2. Final year MCh Resident, Department of
Paediatric Surgery, Government Mohan
Kumaramangalam Medical College and
Hospital, Salem;
3. 3. Professor and Head of Department,
Department of Paediatric Surgery,
Government Mohan Kumaramangalam
Medical College and Hospital, Salem
Pediatric Surgery in Tropics.
2026;3(2)
DOI: : https://doi.org 10.70947/PST2026.26
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Abstract
Pediatric digital trauma due to entrapment in a foreign body are extremely rare. Here
we present a case report of a 2.5 year old child with a finger entrapped within a idli
plate and the novel method employed to ensure the digit is freed using latex glove and
threading technique along with a discussion on other modalities that can be employed
variously for entrapped fingers in foreign bodies.
Keywords
Idli plate,
finger injury,
glove finger
