title: Functional results of seventy-six cases of phalangeal and metacarpal fractures studied using a hand emergency computer card system.
abstract: Over a two-year period, the authors analyzed 76 records using a "hand" computer card divided into two parts: "work-up of the initial lesions" and "functional results". Analysis of 102 cases of fractures in this manner led to the conclusion that outcome was most often favorable when the fracture was extra-articular whatever the treatment, except in the case of complex compound fractures. In contrast, treatment of articular fractures often required secondary surgery (50% of cases) and led to 20% poor or average results. This was the case whatever initial treatment (functional, orthopedic or operative) had been undertaken.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003201:Computers; D004630:Emergencies; D005260:Female; D005383:Finger Injuries / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007103:Immobilization; D004204:Joint Dislocations / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D008663:Metacarpus / Q000293:injuries; D008875:Middle Aged; D013997:Time Factors