Analysis of 344 Hand Injuries in a Pediatric Population
Background The purpose of this study was to identify comprehensive hand injury patterns in different pediatric age groups and to assess their risk factors. Methods This retrospective study was conducted among patients younger than 16-year-old who presented to the emergency room of a gen...
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| description | Background The purpose of this study was to identify comprehensive hand injury patterns in different pediatric age groups and to assess their risk factors.
Methods This retrospective study was conducted among patients younger than 16-year-old who presented to the emergency room of a general hospital located in Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea, and were treated for an injury of the finger or hand from January 2010 to December 2014. The authors analyzed the medical records of 344 patients. Age was categorized according to five groups.
Results A total of 391 injury sites of 344 patients were evaluated for this study. Overall and in each group, male patients were in the majority. With regard to dominant or non-dominant hand involvement, there were no significant differences. Door-related injuries were the most common cause in the age groups of 0 to 3, 4 to 6, and 7 to 9 years. Sport/recreational activities or physical conflict injuries were the most common cause in those aged 10 to 12 and 13 to 15. Amputation and crushing injury was the most common type in those aged 0 to 3 and 4 to 6 years. However, in those aged 10 to 12 and 13 to 15, deep laceration and closed fracture was the most common type. With increasing age, closed injuries tended to increase more sharply than open injuries, extensor tendon rupture more than flexor injuries, and the level of injury moved proximally.
Conclusions This study provides a comprehensive overview of the epidemiology of hand injuries in the pediatric population. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-389033db44ca44b197b7f77d2c611f4a2022-12-22T01:58:41ZengThieme Medical Publishers, Inc.Archives of Plastic Surgery2234-61632234-61712016-01-014301717610.5999/aps.2016.43.1.71760Analysis of 344 Hand Injuries in a Pediatric PopulationByung-Joon Jeon0Jung-Il Lee1Si Young Roh2Jin Soo Kim3Dong Chul Lee4Kyung Jin Lee5Department of Plastic Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, KoreaDepartment of Plastic Surgery, Gwangmyeong Seongae General Hospital, Gwangmyeong, KoreaDepartment of Plastic Surgery, Gwangmyeong Seongae General Hospital, Gwangmyeong, KoreaDepartment of Plastic Surgery, Gwangmyeong Seongae General Hospital, Gwangmyeong, KoreaDepartment of Plastic Surgery, Gwangmyeong Seongae General Hospital, Gwangmyeong, KoreaDepartment of Plastic Surgery, Gwangmyeong Seongae General Hospital, Gwangmyeong, KoreaBackground The purpose of this study was to identify comprehensive hand injury patterns in different pediatric age groups and to assess their risk factors. Methods This retrospective study was conducted among patients younger than 16-year-old who presented to the emergency room of a general hospital located in Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea, and were treated for an injury of the finger or hand from January 2010 to December 2014. The authors analyzed the medical records of 344 patients. Age was categorized according to five groups. Results A total of 391 injury sites of 344 patients were evaluated for this study. Overall and in each group, male patients were in the majority. With regard to dominant or non-dominant hand involvement, there were no significant differences. Door-related injuries were the most common cause in the age groups of 0 to 3, 4 to 6, and 7 to 9 years. Sport/recreational activities or physical conflict injuries were the most common cause in those aged 10 to 12 and 13 to 15. Amputation and crushing injury was the most common type in those aged 0 to 3 and 4 to 6 years. However, in those aged 10 to 12 and 13 to 15, deep laceration and closed fracture was the most common type. With increasing age, closed injuries tended to increase more sharply than open injuries, extensor tendon rupture more than flexor injuries, and the level of injury moved proximally. Conclusions This study provides a comprehensive overview of the epidemiology of hand injuries in the pediatric population.http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.5999/aps.2016.43.1.71pediatrichand injurieschildren |
| spellingShingle | Byung-Joon Jeon Jung-Il Lee Si Young Roh Jin Soo Kim Dong Chul Lee Kyung Jin Lee Analysis of 344 Hand Injuries in a Pediatric Population Archives of Plastic Surgery pediatric hand injuries children |
| title | Analysis of 344 Hand Injuries in a Pediatric Population |
| title_full | Analysis of 344 Hand Injuries in a Pediatric Population |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Analysis of 344 Hand Injuries in a Pediatric Population |
| title_short | Analysis of 344 Hand Injuries in a Pediatric Population |
| title_sort | analysis of 344 hand injuries in a pediatric population |
| topic | pediatric hand injuries children |
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