The American surgeon.
Publisher:
Southeastern Surgical Congress. [Thousand Oaks, CA] : SAGE Publications in association with Southeastern Surgical Congress (2020)
Frequency: Monthly
Country: United States
Language: English
Author(s):
Southeastern Surgical Congress., North Pacific Surgical Association (U.S.), Midwest Surgical Association., American College of Surgeons. Southern California Chapter.
Start Year:1951 -
ISSN:
0003-1348 (Print)
1555-9823 (Electronic)
0003-1348 (Linking)
1555-9823 (Electronic)
0003-1348 (Linking)
Impact Factor
1
2022
| NLM ID: | 0370522 |
| (DNLM): | A25905000(s) |
| (OCoLC): | 01480881 |
| Coden: | AMSUAW |
| LCCN: | 37021753 |
| Classification: | W1 AM816 |
Fall, Crush, Kick: Mechanisms and Outcomes in a Cohort of Equine-Related Injuries. The potential for significant traumatic injury to individuals who interact with horses remains high due to animal size, forces applied, and unpredictability. Despite an estimated 30 million riders in the United States annually, few recent publications have addressed this patient population. Objective: This study describes characteristics of patients injured in interactions with horses, focusing on mechanism of injury and use of protective equipment. Methods: We queried our institution's trauma registry for all patients admitted for equine-related injuries (ERI) between January 1, 2013 and Dece...
Equestrian trauma: injury patterns vary among age groups. Patients with equestrian injuries were identified in the trauma registry from 2004 to 2007. We a priori divided patients into three groups: 0 to 18 years, 19 to 49 years, and 50 years old or older. There were 284 patients identified with equestrian-related trauma. Injury Severity Score for the three major age categories 0 to 18 years, 19 to 49 years, and 50 years or older, were 3.47, 5.09, and 6.27, respectively. The most common body region injured among all patients was the head (26.1%). The most common injuries by age group were: 0 to 18 years, upper extremity fractures; 19 to 49 year olds, ...
Equestrian injury is costly, disabling, and frequently preventable: the imperative for improved safety awareness. Horse-related injury can be severe and disabling. We investigated the causes, severity, and costs of equestrian injury with the goal of injury prevention. A retrospective review of horse-related injuries from 2001 to 2008 identified 231 patients with a mean age of 38 years and a mean Injury Severity Score of 11 (range, 1 to 45). Mean length of stay was 5.5 days. Fifty-nine patients (25%) required 84 surgeries. Helmet use was 20 per cent and of the 172 patients not wearing a helmet while mounted, 38 per cent received potentially preventable head injuries. There were three deaths of which two we...
Recidivism in equestrian trauma. A 3-year chart survey and questionnaire was conducted of equestrian-injured patients at a regional trauma center to determine patterns and consequences of injury and rate of recidivism. Ninety-two patients (95 encounters) were treated; most were young (mean age, 27 +/- 11 years) women (84%) riders sustaining falls (80%). Most injuries were orthopedic (47%); 19 per cent of patients required hospital admission. There was one death. Helmet use was documented in only 34 per cent. Eighty-one per cent of patients responded to a follow-up telephone survey; 36 per cent recounted additional accidents (...