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All 3 patients underwent operative repair of the digital nerve lacerations. With follow-up ranging between 4.5 months and 11 years, there was complete resolution of their pain.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The electric shock clinical sign can be an indicator of a partial digital nerve laceration.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.2106\/jbjs.cc.18.00427","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2019,9,8]],"date-time":"2019-09-08T21:35:27Z","timestamp":1567978527000},"page":"e0427-e0427","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["The Electric Shock Sign\u2014An Indication of a Partial Digital Nerve Laceration"],"prefix":"10.2106","volume":"9","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-9226-4585","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Emilie J.","family":"Amaro","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7920-166X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Thomas G.","family":"Pottle","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6761-9188","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Donald H.","family":"Lee","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"276","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2019]]},"reference":[{"issue":"1","key":"bib1-20230712","first-page":"13","article-title":"Late results after nerve transplantation on the upper extremities [in German]","volume":"36","author":"Renner","year":"2004","journal-title":"Handchir Mikrochir Plast Chir."},{"issue":"1","key":"bib2-20230712","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"100","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jhsa.2004.10.009","article-title":"Closed partial rupture of a common digital nerve in the palm: a case report","volume":"30","author":"Cunningham","year":"2005","journal-title":"J Hand Surg Am."},{"issue":"3","key":"bib3-20230712","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"251","DOI":"10.1016\/j.pain.2005.05.033","article-title":"Surgical relief of causalgia with an artificial nerve guide tube: successful surgical treatment of causalgia (complex regional pain syndrome type II) by in situ tissue engineering with a polyglycolic acid-collagen tube","volume":"117","author":"Inada","year":"2005","journal-title":"Pain."},{"issue":"3-4","key":"bib4-20230712","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"184","DOI":"10.3109\/2000656X.2012.676554","article-title":"Digital nerve injuries: epidemiology, results, costs, and impact on daily life","volume":"46","author":"Thors\u00e9n","year":"2012","journal-title":"J Plast Surg Hand Surg."},{"issue":"9168","key":"bib5-20230712","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1959","DOI":"10.1016\/S0140-6736(99)01307-0","article-title":"Neuropathic pain: aetiology, symptoms, mechanisms, and management","volume":"353","author":"Woolf","year":"1999","journal-title":"Lancet."},{"issue":"1-2","key":"bib6-20230712","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"211","DOI":"10.1016\/j.pain.2007.07.018","article-title":"Nerve resection and re-location may relieve causalgia: a case report","volume":"132","author":"Watson","year":"2007","journal-title":"Pain."},{"issue":"6","key":"bib7-20230712","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"800","DOI":"10.1016\/0266-7681(93)90249-F","article-title":"The Hoffmann-Tinel sign. 1915","volume":"18","author":"Hoffmann","year":"1993","journal-title":"J Hand Surg Br."},{"issue":"6","key":"bib8-20230712","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1201","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jhsa.2014.01.026","article-title":"Partial lacerations of peripheral nerves","volume":"39","author":"Melamed","year":"2014","journal-title":"J Hand Surg Am."}],"container-title":["JBJS Case Connector"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/www.ovid.com\/10.2106\/JBJS.CC.18.00427","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2026,8,26]],"date-time":"2026-08-26T13:42:02Z","timestamp":1787751722000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/www.ovid.com\/10.2106\/JBJS.CC.18.00427"}},"subtitle":["A Report of Three Cases"],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2019]]},"references-count":8,"journal-issue":{"issue":"3","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2019]]}},"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.2106\/jbjs.cc.18.00427","relation":{},"ISSN":["2160-3251"],"issn-type":[{"value":"2160-3251","type":"electronic"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2019]]}}}