Prevalence and Distribution of Hand Fractures

Abstract

A retrospective survey of the medical charts of all 36,518 patients attending the Accident and Emergency Department of the VU University Medical Centre, in Amsterdam, from January 1 to December 31, 1996 was performed. Of these, 4303 sustained one or more fractures, and hand fractures accounted for 19% of all fractures. Patients with hand fractures were typically men aged between 15 and 35 years. The right hand was involved as often as the left. Most of the hand fractures involved the metacarpals but, as a group of bones, the combined phalanges were most commonly fractured. The little finger ray was most commonly injured of the hand. We found no seasonal variability in the incidence of hand fractures.

The distribution of hand fractures at the university hospital of north Norway

“…This is in accordance with other studies [1,2,5,9]. In our material, the 5 th finger in general and the 5 th metacarpal bone in particular was more prone to injury than the other fingers, a result also reported by others [2--4, 12].…”

“…Previous studies have shown higher incidence of hand fractures among males than females between the age of 10 and 60 years [2,4,5,8]. Hand fractures are most common among people between 10 and 40 years of age [2,4,8].…”

“…Studies on the distribution of hand fractures have been performed in Bergen [1] and Amsterdam [2] but not in Northern Norway. Several factors may influence the prevalence and distribution of hand fractures.…”

“…There are also studies that have reported on seasonal variations in the distribution of hand fractures [2]. The University Hospital of North Norway serves a population of 480.740 in the Arctic region of Norway.…”

How Much Pain Is Necessary To Get Computed Tomography For Fracture Diagnosis Of The Wrist Injury That Can Not Be Radiographically Detectable?

“…'nın (11) çalışmasın-da, sol tarafın kırık üstünlüğü bulunmuştur (%51,2) hatta bu oran bazı çalışmalarda %90'lara çıkmaktadır ve yazarlar tarafından da belirtildiği gibi erkeklerde el bilek travmalarının sıklığı kadınlardan daha fazla olarak izlenmektedir (%60,4) (12,13) . Ancak, çalışmalar el-bilek kırıklarını kadın ve erkeklerde eşit olarak bildirmektedirler (11) . Bizim çalışmamızda ise, okult kı-rıklar da erkeklerde daha sık olarak saptandı (%63,6).…”