Pietrobon C
Johannesburg Hospital, South Africa.
J Hand Ther. 1996 Oct-Dec;9(4):299-302. doi: 10.1016/s0894-1130(96)80033-0.
A retrospective study prompted by the high incidence of traumatic hand injuries was undertaken to ascertain the nature of hand conditions treated at the Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Unit of the Johannesburg Hospital in 1992, 1993, and 1994. This three-year period marked a historically significant stage of political change that was accompanied by a high degree of violence and that occurred within a wider context of high unemployment, social upheaval, and stress associated with uncertainty about the future. Conditions treated with splinting, therapeutic activity, and home programs included complex traumas of the upper limb, tendon and nerve injuries, fractures, and burns. Assaults accounted for the largest number of injuries, and lesions to tendons predominated.
鉴于创伤性手部损伤的高发病率，我们开展了一项回顾性研究，以确定1992年、1993年和1994年约翰内斯堡医院整形与重建外科治疗的手部疾病的性质。这三年是一个具有历史意义的政治变革阶段，伴随着高度的暴力，且发生在高失业率、社会动荡以及与未来不确定性相关的压力这一更广泛的背景之下。采用夹板固定、治疗性活动及家庭康复计划治疗的疾病包括上肢复合伤、肌腱和神经损伤、骨折及烧伤。袭击导致的受伤人数最多，且肌腱损伤占主导。
