Open AccessSpecificities of hand trauma in agriculture
Author(s) -
Jeleikolić,
Zlata Janjić
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
vojnosanitetski pregled
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.123
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 2406-0720
pISSN - 0042-8450
DOI - 10.2298/vsp0910802n
Subject(s) - medicine , amputation , etiology , agriculture , surgery , hand injury , hand surgery , skin grafting , ecology , biology
Hand injuries in agriculture are characterized by massive destruction of all tissues, frequent amputations of finger, hand and often the whole extremity. These injuries are mutilant and can cause death. The aim of this paper was to show the specificities of hand injuries in agriculture in regard to hand injuries of other etiology.