A Clinical Study of Frostbite / 대한정형외과학회잡지
The Journal of the Korean Orthopaedic Association
;
: 1111-1116, 1985.
Article
in Korean
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| ID: wpr-768416
ABSTRACT
This report is a clinical review of 58 patients suffering from frostbite, who were treated at the department orthopedic surgery, Seoul City Dong Bu Hospital from November 1982 to March 1985. The results are as follows 1. The male to female sex ratio was 13.5l. 2. The majority of the patients (72%) were decades between 30 and 50. 3. Frostbite began on November and registered the highest incidence in January, the lowest temperature of the year. 4. The most commonly affected region was the lower extremities, bilaterally. 5. The average duration of exposure in cold weather was 23 days, 6. The average hospitalization period was 84 days. 7. Among the 58 patients, 14 patients were treated by conservative treatment, 14 patients by closed amputation and 25 patients by open amputation.
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Main subject:
Orthopedics
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Sex Ratio
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Weather
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Incidence
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Lower Extremity
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Seoul
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Clinical Study
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Frostbite
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Amputation, Surgical
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Hospitalization
Type of study:
Incidence study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Female
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Humans
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Male
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
Korean
Journal:
The Journal of the Korean Orthopaedic Association
Year:
1985
Type:
Article
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