Characteristic | n | % |
Gender |
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Male | 19 | 70% |
Female | 8 | 29% |
Age |
|
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Mean | 35.4 years old |
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Extremes | 19 and 54 |
|
Etiology |
|
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Work accident | 14 | 52% |
Domestic accident | 9 | 33% |
Other | 4 | 14% |
Admission delay |
|
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Mean | 6.3 hours |
|
Extremes | 1 and 13 |
|
Flexor tendon rupture | 5 | 18% |
Hand area no 2 | 3 | 11% |
Hand area no 3 | 2 | 7% |
Open metacarpal fracture | 11 | 41% |
Close phalangeal fracture | 7 | 26% |
Operative delay |
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Mean | 1.4 hour |
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Extremes | 1 and 4 |
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