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✨Assessment and management of common hand fractures in adults ✨✅
👉 Hand fractures represent roughly 20% of all fractures.
👉Peak incidence of hand fractures occurs in younger individuals (aged 15-40 years) and again in older adults (aged 70-80 years).
👉Incorrect management can lead to complications, delayed recovery, and loss of function, potentially detracting from gainful employment, quality of life, and wellbeing.
📌What you need to know
➡️Most closed, stable hand fractures do not require surgery and heal well with immobilisation or protected early range of motion to prevent stiffening as well as dedicated hand therapy.
➡️Wash out open fractures thoroughly and promptly in the acute care setting and administer antibiotics to prevent infection, according to local guidelines.
➡️With the exception of uncomplicated tuft fractures, refer all fractures to a hand surgeon for evaluation, ideally within a week of injury; bite wounds, open fractures, and irreducible fractures/joints warrant more urgent evaluation
Read the full study 👇
👉https://www.bmj.com/content/388/bmj-2023-075436.full
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