Man with hand injury

The Indirect Hand of Man

A young man with paresthesiae in the left hand.

A 16-year-old male patient complains of paresthesiae and numbness of the fifth finger of the left hand. Nerve conduction study was carried out in both upper limbs. Please study Figures 1 & 2. Notice: Authors are encouraged to submit quizzes for possible publication in the Journal. These may be in any field of Clinical Neurosciences, and should approximately follow the format used here. Please a...

Trend of Quality of Life in Patients with Traumatic Hand Injury

Introduction: Trauma is the main cause of the disability of the active population in developing countries. In the meantime, hand injuries are one of the most common traumas in the world. These injuries affect the quality of life of patients. Objective: This study aimed to determine the trend of quality of life patients with traumatic hand injury”. Material and Methods: This cross-sectional stud...

Amputation Following Hand Escharotomy in Patients with Burn Injury

OBJECTIVE Hand burns are commonly seen in patients with burn injury. In the past, focus was on lifesaving measures, but with advances in burn care during the last century, the paradigm shifted to digital salvage and eventually to functional digital salvage. Good outcomes are heavily dependent on the care that is rendered during the initial management of the burn. METHODS A retrospective medic...

Does Disability Correlate With Impairment After Hand Injury?

BACKGROUND Any loss or deviation in body function and structure is considered impairment, whereas limitations on activities are fundamental to the definition of disability. Although it seems intuitive that the two should be closely related, this might not be the case; there is some evidence that psychosocial factors are more important determinants of disability than are objective impairments. H...