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. 2020 Aug 7;39(5):459–461. doi: 10.1016/j.hansur.2020.07.001

Table 1.

Overall demographics, injury characteristics and treatment of patients who consulted for a hand injury during the national lockdown in France due to the COVID-19 pandemic. CI: confidence interval; SD: standard error.

Total
n % (95%CI) SD%
Gender
 Male 1225 62.9 60.2–65.6 48.3
 Female 722 37.1 33.6–40.6 48.3
Age (years)
 0–5 68 3.5 −0.9–7.9 18.4
 6–15 156 8.0 3.7–12.3 27.2
 16–25 281 14.5 10.3–18.6 35.2
 26–65 1223 62.8 60.1–65.6 48.3
 >65 219 11.2 7.1–15.4 31.5
Lesions
 Open wound 1373 70.5 68.0–73.0 47.3
  Laceration 1298 66.6 64.1–69.2 47.2
  Nail lesion 23 1.2 −3.2–5.6 10.8
  Foreign body 143 7.3 3.1–11.6 26.1
  Amputation 43 2.2 −2.2–6.6 14.7
 Fracture 344 17.7 13.6–21.7 38.2
  Closed 200 10.3 6.1–14.5 30.4
  Open 144 7.4 3.1–11.7 26.2
 Infection 417 21.4 17.5–25.4 41.0
 Closed trauma 213 10.9 6.7–15.1 31.2
  Sprain 54 2.8 −1.6–7.1 16.4
  Dislocation 21 1.1 −3.3–5.5 10.3
  Contusion 123 6.3 2.0–10.6 24.3
  Tendon avulsion 15 0.7 −3.6–5.2 8.7
 Surgical complications 62 3.1 −1.1–7.6 17.6
Context
 Work-related 195 10.0 5.8–14.2 30.0
 Domestic accident 1724 88.5 87.0–90.0 31.9
 Self-inflicted 5 0.3 −4.2–4.7 5.1
 Violence 18 0.9 −3.5–5.3 9.6
 Road accident 5 0.3 −4.1–4.7 5.5
Treatment
 Non operative 457 23.5 19.6–27.3 42.4
 Operative 1490 76.5 74.4–78.7 42.4