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- Title
El Rehabilitasyonu Polikliniğine Başvuran Hastaların Bir Yıllık Klinik Verileri.
- Authors
KANDAŞOĞLU, Habibe; MÜLKOĞLU, Cevriye
- Abstract
AIM: Our aim is to make a retrospective analysis of hand injuries that are common and cause morbidity and loss of workforce if not treated on time. MATERIAL AND METHOD: The data of patients that applied to the Hand Rehabilitation outpatient clinic of our hospital between January and December 2022 were retrospectively scanned and analyzed. RESULTS: Of 46 (36.2%) were women and 81 (63.8%) were men, a total 127 patients who applied to our hand rehabilitation outpatient clinic. The mean age of the patients was 41.5-15.3 years. 45 (35.4%) with fracture, 33 (26.0%) with extensor tendon injury, 28 (22.1%) combined injury, 7 (5.5%) with flexor tendon injury, other causes (carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS), dupuytren's contracture, trigger finger, nerve injury, amputation) were present in 14 (11%) patients. In 13 (10.2%) patients, injury occurred as a result of work accident. Injury type sharp object injury in 52 (40.9%) patients, crush trauma in 46 (36.2%) patients, blunt trauma in 18 (14.2%) patients, burns in 1 (0.8%) patient, overuse injury in 10 (7.9%) patients. 78 (61.4%) patients were operated. CONCLUSION: Most of the patients in our Hand Rehabilitation outpatient clinic are male. The most common injury type was sharp object injury, and it was determined that patients with fractures were admitted most frequently.
- Subjects
HAND injuries; TENDON injuries; RETROSPECTIVE studies; DIAGNOSIS of bone fractures; OUTPATIENT medical care
- Publication
Medical Journal of Ankara Training & Research Hospital, 2024, Vol 57, Issue 1, p8
- ISSN
1304-6187
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.20492/aeahtd.1319201