Open Wounds of the Hand

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THAT trauma to the hand is of great importance from an economic point of view can be understood from statistics collected from the National Safety Council and state industrial commissions. In 1952 there were 9,620,000 accidental injuries in the United States, of which about 2,000,000 were occupational accidents. The total estimated cost was $8,700,000,000, of which $2,900,000,000, or a third, represented the cost of occupational accidents1 (Table 1). Of the 2,000,000 occupational accidents in 1952 about a third involved the hand and the arm. Averages for other years2 are similar (Table 2).Requirements for the return of maximum function after . . .

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