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Wood-Splitter-Related Upper-Limb Injuries: A Single-Centered Case-Series Study

(1) Background: Injuries to the upper limbs during wood splitting can affect social and economic life. We aimed to describe the clinical information concerning these injuries in Japan. (2) Methods: We identified patients from our patient database from April 2015–November 2021 and extracted data from...

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Autores principales: Aoyagi, Arisa, Nomura, Osamu, Sasaki, Norihiro, Fujita, Yuki, Ichikawa, Nana, Ishizawa, Yoshiya, Ishibashi, Yasuyuki, Hanada, Hiroyuki
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Publicado: MDPI 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9517299/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36141775
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191811507
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author Aoyagi, Arisa
Nomura, Osamu
Sasaki, Norihiro
Fujita, Yuki
Ichikawa, Nana
Ishizawa, Yoshiya
Ishibashi, Yasuyuki
Hanada, Hiroyuki
author_facet Aoyagi, Arisa
Nomura, Osamu
Sasaki, Norihiro
Fujita, Yuki
Ichikawa, Nana
Ishizawa, Yoshiya
Ishibashi, Yasuyuki
Hanada, Hiroyuki
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description (1) Background: Injuries to the upper limbs during wood splitting can affect social and economic life. We aimed to describe the clinical information concerning these injuries in Japan. (2) Methods: We identified patients from our patient database from April 2015–November 2021 and extracted data from their medical records, which includes age, gender, occupation, month, time and location of the injury, diagnosis, duration of hospitalization, ICU admission, treatment interventions including surgery, outcome, and medical costs. (3) Result: Seventeen cases were identified. Most of the patients were male (n = 15), with median age being 68 years old. Regarding the patients’ backgrounds, six were apple farmers and three were unemployed. Injuries to the index finger was most common (n = 9), followed by injuries to the thumb in five cases (n = 5). Most of the incidents occurred at home or on the patient’s farm estate. No injuries were due to incidents at work. (4) Conclusion: The wood splitter-related injuries required long-term treatment and frequently damaged the thumb, a functionally important digit. All the injuries were sustained during non-occupational use of a wood splitter. Therefore, we suggest that safety training should be provided to prevent traumatic injuries when these products are being sold.
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spelling pubmed-95172992022-09-29 Wood-Splitter-Related Upper-Limb Injuries: A Single-Centered Case-Series Study Aoyagi, Arisa Nomura, Osamu Sasaki, Norihiro Fujita, Yuki Ichikawa, Nana Ishizawa, Yoshiya Ishibashi, Yasuyuki Hanada, Hiroyuki Int J Environ Res Public Health Article (1) Background: Injuries to the upper limbs during wood splitting can affect social and economic life. We aimed to describe the clinical information concerning these injuries in Japan. (2) Methods: We identified patients from our patient database from April 2015–November 2021 and extracted data from their medical records, which includes age, gender, occupation, month, time and location of the injury, diagnosis, duration of hospitalization, ICU admission, treatment interventions including surgery, outcome, and medical costs. (3) Result: Seventeen cases were identified. Most of the patients were male (n = 15), with median age being 68 years old. Regarding the patients’ backgrounds, six were apple farmers and three were unemployed. Injuries to the index finger was most common (n = 9), followed by injuries to the thumb in five cases (n = 5). Most of the incidents occurred at home or on the patient’s farm estate. No injuries were due to incidents at work. (4) Conclusion: The wood splitter-related injuries required long-term treatment and frequently damaged the thumb, a functionally important digit. All the injuries were sustained during non-occupational use of a wood splitter. Therefore, we suggest that safety training should be provided to prevent traumatic injuries when these products are being sold. MDPI 2022-09-13 /pmc/articles/PMC9517299/ /pubmed/36141775 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191811507 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Nomura, Osamu
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Fujita, Yuki
Ichikawa, Nana
Ishizawa, Yoshiya
Ishibashi, Yasuyuki
Hanada, Hiroyuki
Wood-Splitter-Related Upper-Limb Injuries: A Single-Centered Case-Series Study
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title_sort wood-splitter-related upper-limb injuries: a single-centered case-series study
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9517299/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36141775
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191811507
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