Outcomes of Early Surgical vs Nonsurgical Management of Pediatric Hand Friction Injuries Caused by Treadmills
| Autor: | Elika Ridelman, Christina M. Shanti, Paulette I Abbas, Justin D Klein, Beth A Angst |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Hand injury Friction business.industry Patient demographics Rehabilitation Psychological intervention MEDLINE Hand Injuries medicine.disease Cicatrix Intervention (counseling) Chart review Emergency medicine Emergency Medicine Home exercise Medicine Initial treatment Humans Surgery business Burns Child Retrospective Studies |
| Zdroj: | Journal of burn careresearch : official publication of the American Burn Association. 43(2) |
| ISSN: | 1559-0488 |
| Popis: | Pediatric hand friction injuries caused by running treadmills are ever more prevalent due to the increasing presence of home exercise equipment. These and other related injuries have received recent attention in the media, leading to mass product recalls in some cases. These friction injuries are similar to deep thermal burns, and these patients are usually cared for in the pediatric burn unit at our institution. We sought to describe our recent experience managing 22 patients with these injuries. Patients were queried from our urban pediatric burn center database. After Institutional Review Board approval, a retrospective chart review of all patients admitted for a treadmill-related hand injury over a 5-year period was performed. Data collected included patient demographics, initial treatment methods (surgical vs nonoperative), type of dressing used, hospital length of stay (LOS), and compliance with follow-up. We collected patient-centered outcomes included the time to healing and the need for subsequent surgical and/or nonsurgical interventions to treat the sequelae of these injuries. Our center treated 22 hand friction injuries caused by treadmills over the 5-year period. Five patients (23%) underwent early surgical intervention ( |
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