Der Unfallchirurg
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Apart from clean cut finger amputations, every kind of hand injury can be seen in mountain and winter sports but only skier's thumb and injuries of the pulley system in sport climbers are seen in a greater number of cases. Nevertheless, these two common injuries as well as the rare frostbite of the fingers are often underdiagnosed or overdiagnosed as well as undertreated or overtreated. ⋯ Most cases of skier's thumb as well as lesions of the pulley system can be treated non-operatively but precise diagnostics are needed.