BACKGROUND: Injury to the hand leads to loss of function with attendant psychological consequences. Epidemiological studies of @entity5883 from our environment are few; hence the need for this study. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: To assess the epidemiology of @entity5883 with a view to suggesting some methods of preventing the @entity130 in our environment. SETTING: This study was carried out in a Plastic surgery unit of a teaching hospital in Nigeria. METHODS: A retrospective review of the epidemiology of @entity5883 in Osogbo, Nigeria was done. Sources of information include the case notes and operating registers. Information obtained includes biodata, aetiologies, pattern of @entity130 , presentation, treatment as well as complications. RESULTS: A total of 74 @entity1 with @entity5883 were managed during the study period comprising of 53 males and 21 females. The age group 21-30 was the most affected. Students form the largest group affected with 24(32.4%) followed by artisans, 16 (21.6%). The most common source of @entity5883 was road traffic crash with 29 (39.2%) @entity1 . Others were @entity3614 , 2 (2.8%), @entity155 from grinding machines, 10 (13.5%), other domestic accidents, 6 (8.2%), broken bottles, 4 (5.4%), glass cut, 4 (5.4%), farm accidents, 6 (8.2%), electrical burns, 4 (5.4%), @entity130 , 3 (4.0%), thermal burns, 6 (8.1%) and constricting @entity16595 (5.4%). Injuries involved only the right hand in 36 (48.6%) @entity1 , the left, 28 (37.8%) @entity1 and both hands, 10 (13.5%) @entity1 . Anatomical disruptions observed included @entity155 , 14 (18.9%) @entity1 , burn, 6 (8.1%) @entity1 , @entity2981 , 2 (2.7%) @entity1 , @entity130 , 13 (17.6%), laceration, 24(33.8%), @entity174 / @entity3029 , 14(18,9%), and digital gangrene, 1(1.4%) @entity1 . CONCLUSION: Hand injury prevention will include provision of safe road and education of the @entity1 on the use of tools and machines in our environment.

Pattern of XXXX in osogbo, South-west Nigeria.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients', 'patient', 'people'] @entity3614 :: ('MESH:D001753', 'Disease') :: ['Blast injuries'] @entity5883 :: ('MESH:D006230', 'Disease') :: ['hand injuries'] @entity174 :: ('MESH:D050723', 'Disease') :: ['fractures'] @entity16595 :: ('6890', 'Gene') :: ['ring, 4'] @entity155 :: ('MESH:D014084', 'Disease') :: ['avulsion'] @entity2981 :: ('MESH:D003288', 'Disease') :: ['bruises'] @entity130 :: ('MESH:D014947', 'Disease') :: ['injuries', 'gunshot injuries', 'crush injuries'] @entity3029 :: ('MESH:D004204', 'Disease') :: ['dislocation']
@entity5883 :: (MESH:D006230,Disease) :: ['hand injuries']
