Disease relevance of Hand Injuries

• OBJECTIVE: To examine the incidence of acute wrist and hand injuries in 545 members of The Climbers' Club of Great Britain. METHOD: A total of 1100 questionnaires were sent to current members of The Climbers' Club of Great Britain for them to detail any hand and wrist injuries sustained to date [1].

High impact information on Hand Injuries

• Free vascularized autogenous toe joint transplantation is a useful technique that provides not only joint replacement but also the soft tissue, extensor mechanism, and flexor tendon in more severe complex hand injuries [2].
• Simultaneous reconstruction of the soft tissue, extensor mechanism, joint, and flexor tendon in a complex hand injury is difficult and challenging [2].
• Carpal tunnel syndrome caused by hand injuries [3].
• A prospective, randomized, double blind, placebo controlled trial was designed to investigate the effect of prophylactic flucloxacillin on the infection rate in clean incised hand injuries, which included trauma to skin, tendon and nerve in adults [4].
• Campbell and Kay have devised one such score known as "hand injury severity score" or HISS [J. Hand. Surg. [Br.] 21 (3) (1996) 295] [5].

Chemical compound and disease context of Hand Injuries

• The use of parenteral prophylactic antimicrobial agents in the treatment of mutilating hand injuries was not significant in preventing infection, and their use does not seem to be indicated in farm implement-related injuries [6].
• Continuous bupivacaine infusion is of particular use in these two groups of patients and after major hand injuries, when considerable pain can be anticipated [7].
• During the initial six week period of deployment and jungle training in Belize, a 634 man strong infantry battalion group sustained twenty-three machete hand injuries [8].
• Pediatric hand surgeons in Europe and North America are aware of the yearly "outbreak" of pediatric hand injuries on Halloween from carving pumpkins [9].

Gene context of Hand Injuries

• A 51-year-old man with MRSA due to a hand injury was treated successfully with vancomycin [10].
• Two new indications for the use of the first dorsal metacarpal artery (1st DMA) in reconstruction following severe hand injury are reported [11].
• Such lesions are sparsely mentioned in text books on fractures and hand injuries and hitherto only a few cases have been published (Lamb 1981, Bunnell 1956) [12].
• Hand injuries in children at King Fahd Hospital of the University in Saudi Arabia (1989-1991) [13].
• In the management of hand injuries resulting from trauma or diseases like rheumatoid arthritis, hand therapists often design static and dynamic splints to rest and protect joints, provide stability, and enhance joint motion [14].

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