title: [Hand and wrist injuries. A study of 50.272 injuries].
abstract: This study reports the causes, characteristics and treatment of injuries to the hand and wrist presented to five accident and emergency departments in a two-year survey of 13% of the Danish population. The rate of injury to the hand or wrist was 28.6% of all injuries, or 3545 per 100,000 inhabitants per year. Thirty-four percent of the accidents were domestic, 35% were leisure accidents, 26% were occupational and 5% were traffic accidents. Only 2% of the patients were admitted to hospital for further treatment or observation and 13% were referred to a hospital as out-patients. The most frequent causes for admission were fractures (42%), tendon lesions (29%) and wounds (12%).
authors.affiliation: Ortopaedkirurgisk afdeling, Amtssygehuset i Gentofte.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Angermann
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lohmann
mesh_terms: D000059:Accidents / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003718:Denmark / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006230:Hand Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012042:Registries; D014954:Wrist Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy