Mechanical cornpicker hand injuries. 1979

D C Campbell, and R S Bryan, and W P Cooney, and D Ilstrup

The mechanical cornpicker causes tearing anse injuries from 1962 to 1975 were studied with regard to mechanism and extent ohe time of injury in 36% of hands, and in 73% of the remainder following treatmophylaxis, and antibiotics, and 73% hands required some form of delayed surgical treatment. Antibiotics did not appear to be helpful. Eighty-nine ps the most common cause given for farmers for their injuries. Excluding four pr permanently disabled patients, the average length of disability was 135 days. Eighty-nine per cent of patients experienced some permanent impairment of hand function. The mechanical cornpicker is described, and the importance of its proper use and physician's emphasis on accident prevention as well as treatment are stressed.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D009336 Necrosis The death of cells in an organ or tissue due to disease, injury or failure of the blood supply.
D006230 Hand Injuries General or unspecified injuries to the hand. Injuries, Hand,Hand Injury,Injury, Hand
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000293 Adolescent A person 13 to 18 years of age. Adolescence,Youth,Adolescents,Adolescents, Female,Adolescents, Male,Teenagers,Teens,Adolescent, Female,Adolescent, Male,Female Adolescent,Female Adolescents,Male Adolescent,Male Adolescents,Teen,Teenager,Youths
D000328 Adult A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available. Adults
D000368 Aged A person 65 years of age or older. For a person older than 79 years, AGED, 80 AND OVER is available. Elderly
D000382 Agricultural Workers' Diseases Diseases in persons engaged in cultivating and tilling soil, growing plants, harvesting crops, raising livestock, or otherwise engaged in husbandry and farming. The diseases are not restricted to farmers in the sense of those who perform conventional farm chores: the heading applies also to those engaged in the individual activities named above, as in those only gathering harvest or in those only dusting crops. Agricultural Worker Disease,Agricultural Worker's Disease,Agricultural Worker Diseases,Agricultural Worker's Diseases,Agricultural Workers Disease,Agricultural Workers Diseases,Agricultural Workers' Disease,Disease, Agricultural Worker,Disease, Agricultural Worker's,Disease, Agricultural Workers',Diseases, Agricultural Worker,Diseases, Agricultural Worker's,Diseases, Agricultural Workers',Worker Disease, Agricultural,Worker Diseases, Agricultural,Worker's Disease, Agricultural,Worker's Diseases, Agricultural,Workers' Disease, Agricultural,Workers' Diseases, Agricultural
D000900 Anti-Bacterial Agents Substances that inhibit the growth or reproduction of BACTERIA. Anti-Bacterial Agent,Anti-Bacterial Compound,Anti-Mycobacterial Agent,Antibacterial Agent,Antibiotics,Antimycobacterial Agent,Bacteriocidal Agent,Bacteriocide,Anti-Bacterial Compounds,Anti-Mycobacterial Agents,Antibacterial Agents,Antibiotic,Antimycobacterial Agents,Bacteriocidal Agents,Bacteriocides,Agent, Anti-Bacterial,Agent, Anti-Mycobacterial,Agent, Antibacterial,Agent, Antimycobacterial,Agent, Bacteriocidal,Agents, Anti-Bacterial,Agents, Anti-Mycobacterial,Agents, Antibacterial,Agents, Antimycobacterial,Agents, Bacteriocidal,Anti Bacterial Agent,Anti Bacterial Agents,Anti Bacterial Compound,Anti Bacterial Compounds,Anti Mycobacterial Agent,Anti Mycobacterial Agents,Compound, Anti-Bacterial,Compounds, Anti-Bacterial

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