Hand Injuries in the Oil Fields of Brunei Darussalam
Hands are essential organs and their agility and dexterity are vital to our daily lives. In the present study, we analysed 107 patients who presented at the local hospital with hand injuries sustained in the oil fields, oil industries and related employment sectors from the surrounding regions. All...
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Malaysian Orthopaedic Association
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| description | Hands are essential organs and their agility and dexterity are vital to our daily lives. In the present study, we analysed 107 patients who presented at the local hospital with hand injuries sustained in the oil fields, oil industries and related employment sectors from the surrounding regions. All the patients were male and the mean age was 37.89 years (range,21-61y). Forty-seven (43.93%) patients had simple cut injuries, 14 patients (13.08%) had tendon injuries, 13 patients (12.14%) had amputation of the digit (30.84%) had bone fractures (including 20 (66.66%) open fractures). Only 19 (17.75%) patients were admitted in hospital for further treatment. Ninety-one (85.04%) patients injured within one year of employment and 57(53.27%) patients were not satisfied with instructions and orientation before starting their job. Hand injury is one of the most common injuries in the oil industry and overtime work further increases incidence of this injury. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-16f50c55679c4253a614a7baa4957d042022-12-22T00:06:39ZengMalaysian Orthopaedic AssociationMalaysian Orthopaedic Journal1985-25332013-03-0171495110.5704/MOJ.1303.016Hand Injuries in the Oil Fields of Brunei DarussalamPramod Devkota0Shiraz Ahmad1MS OrthMS OrthHands are essential organs and their agility and dexterity are vital to our daily lives. In the present study, we analysed 107 patients who presented at the local hospital with hand injuries sustained in the oil fields, oil industries and related employment sectors from the surrounding regions. All the patients were male and the mean age was 37.89 years (range,21-61y). Forty-seven (43.93%) patients had simple cut injuries, 14 patients (13.08%) had tendon injuries, 13 patients (12.14%) had amputation of the digit (30.84%) had bone fractures (including 20 (66.66%) open fractures). Only 19 (17.75%) patients were admitted in hospital for further treatment. Ninety-one (85.04%) patients injured within one year of employment and 57(53.27%) patients were not satisfied with instructions and orientation before starting their job. Hand injury is one of the most common injuries in the oil industry and overtime work further increases incidence of this injury.http://www.morthoj.org/2013/v7n1/hand-injuries.pdfHand injurytraumaoil fielddigital fractures |
| spellingShingle | Pramod Devkota Shiraz Ahmad Hand Injuries in the Oil Fields of Brunei Darussalam Malaysian Orthopaedic Journal Hand injury trauma oil field digital fractures |
| title | Hand Injuries in the Oil Fields of Brunei Darussalam |
| title_full | Hand Injuries in the Oil Fields of Brunei Darussalam |
| title_fullStr | Hand Injuries in the Oil Fields of Brunei Darussalam |
| title_full_unstemmed | Hand Injuries in the Oil Fields of Brunei Darussalam |
| title_short | Hand Injuries in the Oil Fields of Brunei Darussalam |
| title_sort | hand injuries in the oil fields of brunei darussalam |
| topic | Hand injury trauma oil field digital fractures |
| url | http://www.morthoj.org/2013/v7n1/hand-injuries.pdf |
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