Comparison of Self-inflicted Deep Wrist Injuries to Traumatic Deep Wrist Injuries

University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein (UKSH)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Wrist Injuries; Deep Wound

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03038581

13-054

U1111-1176-0115 (Other Identifier)

Details and patient eligibility

About

Self-inflicted wrist injuries require special psychiatric knowledge and tactical skills. There is no protocol for treating such injuries. We analyze self-inflicted wrist injuries and compare them to traumatic wrist injuries.

Full description

Self-inflicted wrist injuries are regularly treated in hand surgery centers. These injuries involve risks that require special psychiatric knowledge and tactical skills. There is no protocol for treating such injuries. Therefore, the investigators analyze self-inflicted wrist injuries and compare them to traumatic wrist injuries.

Enrollment: 183 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Deep wrist injury from 2008-2018
• Treated in University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein
• Agreed to retrospective analysis, questionnaires and hand function assessment

Exclusion criteria

• Non-compliance

Trial design

183 participants in 2 patient groups

Self-inflicted wrist injury

Description:

Wrist injury by self-infliction

Traumatic wrist injury

Description:

Wrist injury by not self-inflicted trauma