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[Quality of life after severe hand trauma: A review of 36 cases]

Authors :
Sitiènèhin, Yeo
Napian Marie-Paule Gninagnon, Soro
Christelle, Mobiot-Aka
Donald Wilfried, Ta Bi
Alidou, Traoré
Source :
Annales de chirurgie plastique et esthetique.
Publication Year :
2022

Abstract

Improve the quality of life of patients with severe hand trauma.A retrospective study was carried out from August, 1We analyzed 36 patients, with average age of 38.6 years (min. 8, max. 71 years). The population study was predominantly male with a sex ratio of 17. 92% of patients were right-handed, and in 53% of cases, the trauma involved the dominant hand. 64.2% of the patients were manual workers. In 83.3% of the cases, the patients had no difficulty in writing. Patients had no difficulty in washing or drying their hair 88.9% of the time. Eighty-nine percent of the patients no longer felt pain. The patients didn't feel any weakness in the hand in 72.2% of the cases and in 63.9% of the cases there was no stiffness in the hand. Only 5.6% of the injured felt their health was poor and 83.3% of patients strongly disagree with feeling less valuable, less confident, or even less capable because of the trauma. 72% of patients were incapacitated for work between 5 and 15 weeks. 80.6% of trauma victims had no loss of income, and 88.9% of patients kept their previous jobs. 83.3% of patients did not experience any social discomfort.The patients had a good quality of life despite the severity of hand injuries they had due to early and adequate management combined with good physiotherapy.

Details

Language :
French
ISSN :
1768319X
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Annales de chirurgie plastique et esthetique
Accession number :
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