Prevalence and current concepts of management of farmyard injuries

Angoules, Antonios G; Lindner, Tobias; Vrentzos, G.; Papakostidis, Costas; Giannoudis, Peter V.

doi:10.1016/j.injury.2007.10.031

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“…9 Hartling et al stated that open wounds to an upper limb were the most common reason for admission to a hospital. 10 In a study by Hansen 45% of the injuries involved the upper extremity, and 45% of these injuries were traumatic amputations and lacerations.…”

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A clinical and epidemiological study of upper limb injuries resulting from agricultural accidents

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Background: Agriculture remains the most important occupation in India and upper limb injuries occur frequently in agricultural accidents. Agriculture related injuries are important causes of mortality and morbidity in all age groups. These injuries result in major physical and psychological impacts as well as economical burdens. Objectives of the study was to study the pattern and epidemiological basis of agricultural hand injuries, to analyse the prognosis and recovery pattern of agricultural hand injuries in terms of return to work following treatment and to suggest measures for prevention of agricultural hand injuries.Methods: The study was a descriptive study conducted in the department of plastic and reconstructive surgery, Thanjavur medical college from October 2012 to April 2017. About 220 patients admitted with agricultural upper limb injuries were evaluated. Data on age, sex, injury patterns, anatomical localizations, injury season, length of stay in the hospital, and infections were evaluated.Results: Agricultural upper limb injuries constituted about 11.25% of total upper extremity trauma. Males were more commonly affected than females. Majority of the patients were in the age group 21-50. Most of the patients were right handed individuals. Hand injuries were more common (73%).Conclusions: We can reduce agricultural upper limb injuries by shielding the rotating components of farming machinery that cause injuries, informing and educating farming families, forbidding the entrance of children to areas with agricultural machines, providing information about agricultural accidents and their prevention methods, and adjusting the working hours of farming personnel, especially in the hottest months of the year.

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A clinical and epidemiological study of upper limb injuries resulting from agricultural accidents

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“…Individuals living in rural areas were more likely to have musculoskeletal problems than were individuals living in urban areas. Lacerations and crush injuries typically are the most common causes of extremity problems in individuals in these areas, but sequelae of distant trauma, such as posttraumatic arthritis and deformities, also are likely in a population with high incidences of injury [1,23,26,32]. In addition to injuries, back and lower extremity problems are common among farmers, which would be expected owing to the physically difficult nature of the work [16].…”

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The Burden of Musculoskeletal Disease in Sierra Leone

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Kamara³

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Clinical Orthopaedics &Amp; Related Research

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Resource allocation decisions in global health are made based on burden of disease data in low- and middle-income countries. The data provided here for Sierra Leone may offer some generalizable insight into the scope of the burden of musculoskeletal disease for low- and middle-income countries, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa, and provide concrete evidence that musculoskeletal health should be included in the global health discussion. However, there may be important differences across countries in this region, and further study to elucidate these differences seems critical given the large burden of disease and the limited resources available in these regions to manage it.

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“…[2,12] In 1954, Maxim et al [6] used the term "corn-picker hand" for the hand injures due to corn-picker. In the 1950's, when debridement and stump closing were generally performed for corn-picker injuries, the term "corn-picker hand" seemed to be appropriate for patients who lost a few fingers in a similar way.…”

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“…A special age group at risk for injuries due to farming machines is children. [12] Ninety percent of agricultural injuries were reported to be seen in the childhood period. [18] In the reported case series here, 60% (15/25) of the patients were aged 15 years or younger.…”

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