Surgery of Repair as Applied to Hand Injuries

Surgery of Repair as Applied to Hand Injuries

IN most books of general or operative surgery mention of the hand is mainly confined to the treatment of sepsis, with little or no reference to the special application of surgery to hand injuries. The present era of antibiotics has not only changed the whole picture of sepsis but has vasfly improved the results of repair. In these days of increasing mechanisation the lhand is increasingly liabl...

The Surgery of Repair Injuries and Burns

Epidemiology of Hand Injuries in Children Presenting to an Orthopedic Trauma Center in Southeast of Iran

Background:  Hand injuries are among the most common childhood injuries. No study has been performed regarding the epidemiology of hand injuries in the pediatric population of Iran. This study aimed to examine the epidemiology of hand injuries among children in southeast of Iran.   Methods:  This cross-sectional study was performed via census sampling on patients, aged 16 years or less, with a ...

Comparison of neuromuscular injuries to the surgeon during hand-assisted and standard laparoscopic urologic surgery.

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Hand-assisted procedures have assumed a greater role in the practice of many laparoscopists. We surveyed major laparoscopy program directors to compare the incidence and location of neuromuscular injury to the surgeon during hand-assisted laparoscopic (HAL) and standard laparoscopic (SL) surgery. MATERIALS AND METHODS A questionnaire on neuromuscular injuries was e-mail...

Tendon Injuries of the Hand in Kirikkale, Turkey

BACKGROUND Tendon injuries are one of the most common injuries of the hand and challenging problems in trauma surgery. They usually require surgical repair and unlike the single tendon injuries, flexor tendon injuries have higher morbidities when accompanied with nerve injuries. In the present study, I aimed to report the clinical experiences and outcomes about tendon injuries. METHODS ...