| |
Included
|
Not included
|
|---|
| |
n = 45
|
N = 87
|
|---|
|
Gender
| | |
|
Female/Male
|
9 (20)/36 (80)
|
12 (14)/75 (86)
|
|
Age
| | |
|
(years)
|
42 (16–64)
|
37 (16–65)
|
|
HISS
|
154 (52–414)
|
82 (51–268)
|
|
Injury severity group
| | |
|
Major
|
36 (80)
|
29 (34)
|
|
Severe
|
9 (20)
|
57 (66)
|
|
Emergency surgery
| | |
|
(minutes)
|
336 (32–1879)
| |
|
Type of injury
| | |
|
Amputation
|
13 (29)
| |
|
Complex
|
18 (40)
| |
|
Nerve/Full-house
|
13 (29)
| |
|
Burn
|
1 (2)
| |
|
Reconstruction of blood vessels by microsurgery
| | |
|
yes
|
21 (47)
| |
|
no
|
24 (53)
| |
|
Cause of injury
| | |
|
Crush
|
17 (38)
| |
|
Cut
|
27 (60)
| |
|
Burn
|
1 (2)
| |
|
Type of work
| | |
|
Manual
|
28 (62)
| |
|
Non-manual
|
11 (24)
| |
|
Self employed
|
2 (5)
| |
|
Students/early retirement/long-term sick leave
|
4 (9)
| |
- Results presented as n (%) or median (min-max) if not otherwise stated.
-
HISS, Hand injury severity score (see text for references).
