New study finds fingers account for majority of paediatric amputations
Tuesday, February 2, 2010 - 08:00
in Health & Medicine
According to a new study conducted by researchers at the Centre for Injury Research and Policy of The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, there were more than 950 cases of traumatic amputations among children aged 17 years and younger in the United States in 2003. Of these cases, finger and thumb amputations accounted for the majority of the injuries (64 percent)...