A Clinical Study on Belt Injuries
10.4055/jkoa.1979.14.1.81
- Author:
Ik Dong KIM
;
Soo Young LEE
;
Kwaeng Woo KWON
;
Joo Chul IHIN
;
Jae Myung CHUNG
- Publication Type:Original Article
- MeSH:
Clinical Study;
Forearm;
Fractures, Bone;
Gyeongsangbuk-do;
Humans;
Humerus;
Incidence;
Male;
Paralysis;
Prognosis;
Upper Extremity
- From:The Journal of the Korean Orthopaedic Association
1979;14(1):81-87
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Belt injury is an increasingly serious injury and one that frequently results in undesirable disabilities. We reviewed 20 cases of belt injury which had been treated in Kyungpook National University Hospital during the five and a half year period from Auguat, 1972 to January, 1978. 1. This injury is more prevalent in males (M:F = 4:1) with the peak incidence between the second and fourth decades (85%). 2. Upper extremities are involved in almost all cases (95%). 3. Some injury patterns were more frequently seen and were classified arbitarily as follows: Type I
