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Anuja Bhandari, MD, FRCOphth; Elliott H. Sohn, MD; Elaine L. Chuang, MD

Arch Ophthalmol. 2007;125(5):701-703.

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Nail guns are potentially lethal tools^1-2 that fire nails in rapid succession at high velocity. The nail cartridges are held together with wire, plastic, glue, tape, or paper. When wire is used, the 2 carrier wires (Figure 1) are called the wire collation. As the nail is fired, these 2 wires are sheared off, leaving 2 barblike pieces of wire (<6 mm) attached to the nail. The 2 pieces are then sheared off the nail as it penetrates the surface.

Figure appears in full text version. Figure 1. A nail-gun cartridge held together with 2 carrier wires, called the wire collation. A, Segment of nail strip showing the leading edge of the wire collation (arrow). B, A nail after being shot from nail gun but not having penetrated a surface, showing the wire collation still attached to the nail. C, Piece of . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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