UK surgeons issue dog-walking advice
Keep dogs on a short leash to prevent serious hand injury, they say
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UK hand surgeons have warned dog owners about the safest way to hold a lead, following an upswing in hand injuries at a southern England hospital.
The British Hand Surgeons provided the advice after surgeon Rebecca Dunlop noted an increase in such injuries at her hospital the Royal Cornwall Hospital in Truro, Cornwall.