Citation

de Jonge JJ, Kingma J, van der Lei B, Klasen HJ. J. Hand Surg. Br. 1994; 19(2): 168-170.

Affiliation

Department of Traumatology, University Hospital Groningen, The Netherlands.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1994, British Society for Surgery of the Hand, Publisher Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

8014541

Abstract

The incidence and aetiology of 6,857 phalangeal fractures of the hand have been reviewed in a series of 235,427 patients, looking for an age-specific vulnerability to fracture. We found sports to be the main cause of fracture in the 10-29 years age groups and accidental falls to be the leading cause in those aged 70 years or older. We made a new observation that the highest incidence occurs in the male 40-69 age group and machinery was the dominant cause of fracture in this group. Recognition of the frequency of industrial trauma is needed, and public expenditure should be invested in its prevention and treatment.

Language: en