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Table 3: Diagnosis. |
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Diagnosis* |
n (%) |
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Metacarpal fracture (2nd to 5th) |
315 (14.42) |
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Long finger fracture (2nd to 5th) |
267 (12.23) |
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Hand contusion |
248 (11.36) |
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Finger contusion |
226 (10.35) |
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Wrist sprain |
193 (8.84) |
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Wrist contusion |
132 (6.04) |
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Finger sprain |
122 (5.59) |
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Dislocation of the fingers of the hand |
78 (3.57) |
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Other diagnosis |
54 (2.47) |
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Fingertip injury |
48 (2.20) |
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Mangling hand injury |
47 (2.15) |
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Distal radius fracture |
45 (2.06) |
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First metacarpal fracture |
42 (1.92) |
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Tenosinovitis |
38 (1.74) |
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Lacerating wounds of the fingers |
36 (1.65) |
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Extensor tendon injury in the hand |
34 (1.55) |
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Lacerating wounds of the hand and wrist |
27 (1.24) |
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Open fracture of long fingers (2nd to 5th) |
27 (1.24) |
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Carpal tunnel syndrome |
24 (1.05) |
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Flexor tendon injury in the hand |
21 (0.96) |
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Trigger finger |
21 (0.96) |
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Amputation of a long finger 2,3,4,5 |
19 (0.87) |
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Soft tissue infections |
16 (0.73) |
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Open metacarpal fracture (2nd to 5th) |
14 (0.64) |
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Thumb fractures |
13 (0.60) |
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Scapholunate ligament injury |
12 (0.55) |
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Scaphoid fracture |
11 (0.50) |
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Other carpal bone fracture |
10 (0.46) |
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Amputation of more than one finger |
8 (0.37) |
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Open fracture of the thumb |
6 (0.27) |
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Extensor tendon injury of the thumb |
5 (0.23) |
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Carpal dislocation |
4 (0.18) |
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Amputation of the hand and wrist |
3 (0.14) |
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Flexor tendon injury in the wrist |
3 (0.14) |
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Thumb amputation |
2 (0.09) |
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Septic Arthritis |
2 (0.09) |
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Dupuytren’s disease |
2 (0.09) |
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Fingertip injury with fingernail injury |
2 (0.09) |
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Multiple hand and wrist lacerating wounds |
2 (0.09) |
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Triangular fibrocartilage complex injury |
2 (0.09) |
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Extensor tendon injury in the wrist |
1 (0.05) |
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Flexor tendon injury in the thumb |
1 (0.05) |
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Bite injury |
1 (0.05) |
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Firearm injury |
1 (0.05) |
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Total |
2,184 (100.00) |
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Number of cases (frequency) and % of the total population are presented according to the diagnosis. * Long finger diagnosis include any phalanx or interphalangeal joint injury for the index, middle, ring, and small fingers. |
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