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

Archives 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, Christina R. Vargas, Olivia A. Ho, Samuel J. Lin, Bernard T. Lee   +4 more
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Epidemiologic study of hand and upper extremity injuries by power tools

Archives 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, Jin-hee Choi, Yoon Kyu Chung, Sug Won Kim, Jiye Kim   +4 more
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Application of the Hunter prothesis in reconstruction of the hand flexor tendons [PDF]

Tehnika, 2021
Flexor tendon injuries, especially in zone 2, still present a surgical challenge, even in cases of recent injuries and early reconstruction. Today`s generally accepted attitude is, in obsolete cases, that the best functional results are achieved by ...
Matić Slađana Z., Milutinović Suzana M., Gambiroža Katarina Z., Vukman Petar R., Korica Stefan N.   +4 more
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Return to Play After Forearm and Hand Injuries in the National Basketball Association

Orthopaedic 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, Krystle A. Hearns, M. Carlson   +2 more
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Prognostic Factors in Necrotizing Fasciitis: Insights from a Two-Decade, Two-Center Study Involving 209 Cases

Infectious 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, Sarina Delavari, Alejandro Marti Edo, Götz Habild, Moritz Billner, Bert Reichert, David Breidung   +6 more
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The acceptance of CIRS among orthopedic and trauma surgeons in Germany—Significant gap between positive perception and actual implementation in daily routine

Journal 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, Miriam Ruesseler, Ricarda Seemann, Matthias Münzberg, Anna Katharina Doepfer, Richard Stange, Manuel Mutschler, Bertil Bouillon, Martin Egerth   +8 more
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Comparative Analysis of a Modified Secondary Healing Protocol for Fingertip Amputations and Non-microsurgical Reconstruction Techniques

Revista Brasileira de Ortopedia, 2022
Objective To describe and compare the results obtained with a secondary healing protocol for fingertip amputations and their relationship to injury severity according to the Allen classification.
Carlos Rubén Chavez-Galvan, Ricardo Martínez-Pérez, Efrén Flores-Alvarez, Armando Martínez-Pérez   +3 more
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Firework Injuries of the Hand: An Analysis of Treatment and Health Care Utilization

HAND, 2020
Background: Firework injuries to the hand can be devastating due to the explosive and ballistic nature of these devices. The aim of this study was to describe the injury and treatment characteristics of patients requiring surgery for firework-related ...
R. Ortiz, S. Ozkan, N. Chen, Kyle R. Eberlin   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Necrotizing Fasciitis of the Hand: Management with Literature Review

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Global Open
Summary:. This report presents a case of necrotizing fasciitis following a seemingly minor injury sustained from handling a spiny plant. Despite initial primary care by a physician, the patient presented with severe septic shock and necrotizing fasciitis
Sarina Delavari, MD, Ioannis-Fivos Megas, MD, Moritz Billner, MD, Bert Reichert, MD, David Breidung, MD   +4 more
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Deletion of EP4 in S100a4-lineage cells reduces scar tissue formation during early but not later stages of tendon healing [PDF]

, 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, Best, Katherine T, Loiselle, Alayna E, O’Keefe, Regis J   +3 more
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