Epidemiology and Treatment Outcome of Blast Injuries to the Hand at a Tertiary Hospital of Kashmir Valley, India

Abstract Background: Blast injuries to hand can have disastrous consequences on account of loss critical functions. This study was conducted the epidemiology and outcome blast reporting emergency department a tertiary care hospital. Materials Methods: All admitted at our center between 2016 2020 were assessed time injury 6 weeks after completion primary management. The severity functional using modified score (HISS) quick disabilities arm, shoulder (QuickDASH) scale, respectively. Descriptive statistics calculated correlation HISS DASH Pearson's coefficient. Results: A total 26 cases with mean age 23.12 ± 9.1 years included. subjects included 25 males 22 had their dominant hand. grade severe in 12 (46.15%) followed by moderate 5 (19.2%) major cases. 67.46 37.6. QuickDASH follow-up 37.24 29.7. significant baseline coefficient (r = 0.67, p 0.0012) Conclusions: hands are primarily seen young low-grade explosives being source injury. Dominant is most commonly involved many needing revascularization procedures. Higher associated poor follow-up.