Incidence of metacarpal fractures in the US population.-临床诊疗知识库

Incidence of metacarpal fractures in the US population.

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作者：

Michael N, Nakashian；Lauren, Pointer；Brett D, Owens；Jennifer Moriatis, Wolf

来源：

Hand (New York, N.Y.) 2012 年 7卷 4期

标签：

Epidemiology Mechanism of injury Metacarpal fracture

There are scarce data regarding the epidemiology of metacarpal fractures within the US population. The purpose of this study is to report the epidemiology of metacarpal fractures in the USA using the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Database (NEISS).The NEISS database represents a national probability sample of approximately 100 hospitals in the USA and its territories. The database was queried for metacarpal fractures during the time period 2002-2006. US census data were used to calculate incidence rate (IR) for various demographic criteria.A total of 4,718 metacarpal fractures were identified, representing approximately 160,790 metacarpal fractures. The calculated IR was 13.6 (95

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