TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1993//
TI  - Injuries to the hand and wrist. a study of 50,272 injuries
JO  - Journal of hand surgery (British volume)
A1  - Angermann, P.
A1  - Lohmann, M.
SP  - 642
EP  - 644
VL  - 18
IS  - 5
N2  - This study reports the causes, characteristics and treatment of injuries to the hand and wrist presented to five accident and emergency departments in a 2-year survey of 13% of the Danish population. The rate of injury to the hand or wrist was 28.6% of all injuries, or 3.7 per 100,000 inhabitants per year. 34% of the accidents were domestic, 35% were leisure accidents, 26% were occupational and 5% were traffic accidents. Only 2% of the patients were admitted to hospital for further treatment or observation and 13% were referred to a hospital as outpatients. The most frequent causes for admission were fractures (42%), tendon lesions (29%) and wounds (12%).<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0266-7681
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -