Ulus Travma Acil Cer
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Ulus Travma Acil Cer · Jan 2012
Falling television related child injuries in Turkey: 10-year experience.
We reviewed retrospectively TV-related injuries to determine the risk factors, type of injuries, and operative intervention(s) required in children injured by falling TVs. ⋯ Injuries related to TV falls can lead to significant morbidity and mortality in children. As they are preventable injuries, restricted activity and improved supervision of children around the TV can potentially lead to fewer incidences.
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The aim of this study was to report the patients who were admitted to our hospital with upper extremity injuries due to threshing machine, to determine the most appropriate classification, to estimate the treatment modalities, and to discuss the prevention methods. ⋯ We believe that shielding the rotating components of farming machinery that cause injuries, informing and educating farming families (by physicians), forbidding the entrance of children to areas with agricultural machines, providing information to children in schools (in those regions with developing agriculture) about agricultural accidents and their prevention methods, and adjusting the working hours of farming personnel, especially in the hottest months of the year, may be beneficial in preventing accidents due to farming machinery.
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Ulus Travma Acil Cer · Jan 2012
An alternative classification of occupational hand injuries based on etiologic mechanisms: the ECOHI classification.
The aim of this study was to construct an alternative classification system for occupational hand injuries based on etiologic mechanisms and to analyze the injury patterns resulting from various mechanisms. ⋯ We believe that ECOHI is important to form a common language for the classification of etiologic factors.
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Ulus Travma Acil Cer · Jan 2012
Foreign body traumas of the eye managed in an emergency department of a single-institution.
Superficial corneal foreign bodies (SCFB) are common injuries seen in the ED. The aim of this study was to describe the eye injuries caused by FBs and to determine clinical strategies for the prevention and management of ocular trauma. ⋯ Ocular FB involved mainly young healthy males who had sustained work-related injuries. In view of the large number of eye injuries seen in Eds, ED colleagues should train themselves in order to appropriately recognize, treat and refer the SCFB injuries seen in the ED.
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Ulus Travma Acil Cer · Jan 2012
Case Reports[Evaluation of an acute mechanic intestinal obstruction case secondary to diaphragm rupture due to a blunt trauma].
Rupture of the diaphragm after blunt trauma is uncommon. In this report, a 24-year-old male with intestinal obstruction who underwent laparotomy is presented; he had been involved in a traffic accident three years prior to presentation to our emergency service. We conclude that diaphragma ruptures may cause herniation of abdominal organs and intestinal obstruction, and thus should be repaired when diagnosed.