title: [Hand injuries in the ready-made clothing industry].
abstract: We collect during 1997, 30 work accidents in the ready-wade clothe sector. These accidents have concerned 28 females and 2 males with a mean age of 21 years. Injury affect predominatly the left hand (17 patients) and the finger of pince. Severity of the lesions was variable according to the traumatic cause. In the distal fingers trauma, skin cicatrisation have been observed after 21 days and bone consolidation within 45 days.
authors.affiliation: Service de chirurgie réparatrice, Institut Mohamed Taieb, Kassab.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Khelil
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hichem
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Saïd
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Moez
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mahdi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lamjed
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hichem
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003020:Clothing; D005260:Female; D006230:Hand Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007221:Industry; D008297:Male; D016272:Occupational Health; D014416:Tunisia / Q000453:epidemiology