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Hand injuries in an older population - a retrospective cohort study from a single hand surgery centre

open access: yesBMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 2019
BackgroundHand injuries occur at all ages. With an aging population globally an increasing number of hand injuries among the elderly is to be expected.
Olof Kringstad, L. Dahlin, H. Rosberg
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The epidemiology of injuries across the weight-training sports [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Background: Weight-training sports, including weightlifting, powerlifting, bodybuilding, strongman, Highland Games, and CrossFit, are weight-training sports that have separate divisions for males and females of a variety of ages, competitive standards ...
A Eberhardt   +65 more
core   +1 more source

The impact of major league baseball on the incidence of operative hand and facial trauma at a level 1 trauma center

open access: yesArchives of Plastic Surgery, 2019
Background Professional affiliation between medical centers and professional sports teams can be mutually beneficial in the provision of healthcare and marketing strategy.
Joseph A. Ricci   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Return to Play After Forearm and Hand Injuries in the National Basketball Association

open access: yesOrthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine, 2017
Background: Hand injuries can result in significant time away from competition for professional basketball players. Time to return to play after hand injuries in elite athletes has not been well described.
Kyle W. Morse   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Deletion of EP4 in S100a4-lineage cells reduces scar tissue formation during early but not later stages of tendon healing [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Tendon injuries heal via scar tissue rather than regeneration. This healing response forms adhesions between the flexor tendons in the hand and surrounding tissues, resulting in impaired range of motion and hand function.
Ackerman, Jessica E   +3 more
core   +2 more sources

Epidemiologic study of hand and upper extremity injuries by power tools

open access: yesArchives of Plastic Surgery, 2019
Background Hand injuries caused by chain saws, electric saws, and hand grinders range from simple lacerations to tendon injuries, fractures, and even amputations.
Yong Hun Kim   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Role for Postoperative Negative Pressure Wound Therapy in Multitissue Hand Injuries

open access: yesBioMed Research International, 2018
In this study, we compared outcomes in patients with acute hand injury, who were managed with or without negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) after reconstructive surgery.
Hyung-Sup Shim, J. Choi, S. Kim
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Prognostic Factors in Necrotizing Fasciitis: Insights from a Two-Decade, Two-Center Study Involving 209 Cases

open access: yesInfectious Disease Reports
Introduction: Necrotizing fasciitis (NF) is a critical disease with high morbidity and mortality rates that poses significant challenges in diagnosis and treatment.
Ioannis-Fivos Megas   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

The acceptance of CIRS among orthopedic and trauma surgeons in Germany—Significant gap between positive perception and actual implementation in daily routine

open access: yesJournal of Orthopaedic Surgery, 2019
Purpose: Medical errors are the third leading cause of death in the United States after malignant tumors and cardiovascular disease. Handling of errors becomes more and more eclectic due to the implementation of incident reporting systems and the use of ...
Jasmina Sterz   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Quality of life and reconstructive surgery efforts in severe hand injuries

open access: yesInnovative surgical sciences, 2018
Introduction: Severe hand trauma, leading to extensive skeletal and tissue defects, requires plastic surgical reconstruction of the highest level aiming at maximizing function and aesthetics.
S. A. Alawi   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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