“Statistics show that there’s about 6,000 people a year that are getting injured by snow blowers and unfortunately, about 10 percent of those result in amputations,” said Dr. Jay Talsania, a surgeon with OAA Orthopaedic Specialists in Allentown. Locally, the numbers are just as astounding. “My partners, doctors McDaid, Battista, …
The majority of wrist fractures occur outdoors in the winter months when snow and ice make walking as treacherous as driving. It’s instinctive to outstretch an arm when you slip to break the fall leaving the forearm and small bones of the hand to absorb the weight and force. It’s …
In snowboarding, both feet are firmly fixed in non-release bindings. The upper body is used to generate turning forces. “If balance is lost, the instinct is to outstretch your hand to break a fall since the feet are firmly fixed.” says Jay Talsania of OAA Orthopeadic Specialists in Allentown. “As …
WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT Along with winter storms come a rash of snowblower injuries, many severe, that result in amputation. Dr. Jay Talsania, OAA Orthopedic Hand Surgeon in Allentown faces traumatized patients every winter from amputations from snow blowers. In one storm in January, 2010, he performed six procedures in one day …
