Acil Servise Başvuran İzole El Yaralanmalı İş Kazalarının Serebral Lateralizasyon İle İlişkisi

Aim: This study aimed to determine the distribution of hand dominance and to evaluate the relationship between the dominant hand and injury site among patients who presented to emergency service with occupational accident and had isolated hand injury. Material and Methods: This single-center prospective descriptive study included 528 patients who administered to the emergency department due to work accident and were found to have isolated hand injuries between 01.12.2019-01.06.2020. Results: 369 (69.9%) patients had isolated skin cuts while the rest of the patients had more severe accompanying injuries such as neurovascular and tendon injury, fracture, or amputation. The most common mechanism of injury was hand cuts while using a tool (163 cases, 30.9%). The most commonly affected regions in hand were the first and second fingers. In patients with right hemisphere dominant, the dominant use of the hand that is not suitable for the dominant hemisphere was found to be statistically significantly higher than in patients with left hemisphere dominant (38.1% vs 1.7%, p<0.0001). Conclusion: The risk of isolated hand injury due to occupational accidents appears to be greater in left-handed individuals, and hand injury more commonly involves non-dominant hand in left-handed individuals than the right-handed ones.