[What determines the sick leave of repair and rehabilitation of the hand flexor tendons injuries].
OBJECTIVE
The purpose of this study is to analyse the relationship between the social and economical consequences, after repair and rehabilitation of the hand flexor tendon injuries, and to prove that it is not related to local factors.


METHODS
All the patients who underwent surgery for at least one flexor tendons injury of one or several long fingers, between the years 2003-2004 were included in this study. Information regarding the data was taken from the patient file. Statistical tests were used for analysing these data.


RESULTS
Significant first rate factors related to the length of sick leave are the chaotic professional history (P=0.03), the type of occupation (P=0.01) and the age (P=0.0002). A significant second rate factor is represented by the type of mobilization/retraining (P=0.04). Sex, side of injury, finger injured, zone of injury, associated damages, did not significantly influence the results of this study.


CONCLUSIONS
The environmental factors determine the length of sick leave more than the characteristic of injury in hand flexor tendons surgery.
Danino
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Service de chirurgie maxillofaciale-stomatologie, chirurgie plastique esthétique et réparatrice, chirurgie de la main, CHU de Dijon, France. daninoalain@yahoo.fr
Sagna
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A
Kadlub
N
N
Robe
N
N
Caillod
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R
Touré
C T
CT
Malka
G
G
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006230:Hand Injuries / Q000534:rehabilitation* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D018582:Sick Leave; D013708:Tendon Injuries / Q000534:rehabilitation* / Q000601:surgery*