Abstract The wrist and hand have complex anatomy with small bones supporting soft tissue structures, which limits the diagnostic yield for radiologic assessment. Knowledge of different clinical entities is key to diagnosis. Some essential anatomic topics in interpretation include knowledge topographic tendon hand, intrinsic extrinsic carpal ligaments, thumb carpometacarpal triangular fibrocarti...

BACKGROUND Cold sensitivity is a common and disabling complaint following hand injuries. The main purpose of this study was to describe self-reported consequences of cold sensitivity and the association with disability and health-related quality of life in patients with hand injuries or hand-arm vibration syndrome (HAVS) and in normal subjects. METHODS Responses to the Cold Intolerance Sympto...

introduction fishing is a leisure activity for some people around the world. accidently the fish hook can get hooked in the hand. if the hook is barbed, removal becomes difficult. we report a case of such a injury in the hand and discuss the technique for its removal with a brief review of the literature. case presentation a thirty-two year old male accidently suffered a fishhook injury to his ...

Traumatic injuries of ear range from simple lacerations to complex avulsions and crush injuries. The complicating factors involved are cartilage involvement, poor vascularity of the region and need for high cosmetic satisfaction. Various techniques have been described for reconstruction of earlobe after traumatic injuries. Here, we describe the reconstruction of a partially avulsed pinna using ...

Damages of the proximal interphalangeal joint after hand trauma and injuries are common. This results in deformity loss motion. Arthroplasty is a method that allows us to restore range motion improves joint. In this study, authors reported 2 cases which became post-traumatic hand, undergone silicone arthroplasty joint, with 1 year follow-up time. The flexion has increased from 40-110o 0-105o, r...

CONTEXT Upper extremity injuries are extremely common in contact sports such as football, soccer, and lacrosse. The culture of competitive athletics provides an environment where hand injuries are frequently downplayed in an effort to prevent loss of game time. However, studies have shown that many sport-induced hand injuries do not actually require immediate surgical attention and can be safel...

introduction: rapid diagnosis of traumatic intrathoracic injuries leads to improvement in patient management. this study was designed to evaluate the diagnostic value of chest radiography (cxr) in comparison to chest computed tomography (ct) scan in diagnosis of traumatic intrathoracic injuries. methods: participants of this prospective diagnostic accuracy study included multiple trauma patient...

Evaluation of Musculoskeletal Disorders and Traumatic Injuries Among Employees at a Poultry Processing Plant Kristin Musolin Jessica G. Ramsey James T. Wassell David L. Hard Charles Mueller The Health Hazard Evaluation Program received a request from a poultry processing plant. In response to this request, NIOSH investigators evaluated ergonomic hazards, nerve damage in employees’ hands and wri...

conclusions path analysis of occupational injuries based on the sem reveals that individual and organizational factors and their indicator variables are very influential on the severity of traumatic occupational injuries. so, these should be considered to reduce occupational accidents’ severity in large construction industries. materials and methods the present cross-sectional analytical study ...