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Reason not to get married: ring avulsion!!

There are roughly 150,000 incidents of ring avulsion (also known more horribly as a form of "de-gloving") in the U.S. each year. Believe it or not, the most common cause is purported to be when a person is getting down from a bus or truck the ring catches on a metallic projection. The person's weight multiplied by acceleration results in severe damage. Injuries are grouped into three classes based on the circulatory status. This is a class 3 ring avulsion - complete degloving or complete amputation. What causes this is a sudden pull on a finger ring results in severe soft tissue injury ranging from circumferential soft tissue laceration to complete amputation. Degloving injury is simply an avulsion in which an extensive section of skin is completely torn off the underlying tissue, severing its blood supply. It is named by analogy to the process of removing a glove. Typically, patients catch their wedding band or other finger ring on moving machinery or protruding object, which often requires major surgical interventions. Treatment options include replantation or revascularization of the degloved skins, or when these are not possible, skin grafts or skin flaps. While the preservation of the extremities and limbs is normally preferred, in some severe cases amputations may be advised or required.