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ArticleCureus2023

Comparison of Pain Catastrophic Scale and Anxiety in Patients With Boxer's Fracture and Other Types of Hand Fractures.

Ömer Bozduman, Metin Yadigaroğlu, Ahmet E Okutan, Mustafa Süren, Berk Güçlü

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Article in Cureus, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 33% of its field
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1 citing paper in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ömer BozdumanOrthopaedic Surgery, Samsun University, Samsun, TUR.
Metin YadigaroğluEmergency Medicine, Samsun University, Samsun, TUR.
Ahmet E OkutanOrthopaedics and Traumatology, Samsun University, Samsun, TUR.
Mustafa SürenAnesthesiology and Reanimation, Samsun University, Samsun, TUR.
Berk GüçlüOrthopaedics and Traumatology, Ufuk University, Ankara, TUR.
Ufuk University · TR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveMATERIALS AND

methodsA total of 62 male patients with metacarpal fractures, 31 as a result of deliberate punching (1st group) and 31 with metacarpal fractures as a result of an accident (2nd group), who applied to the emergency department or orthopedic clinic with the diagnosis of metacarpal fracture between January 2021 and October 2022, were included in the study. All patients were selected from patients who were followed up with conservative plaster/splint. The PCS scores of the patients were evaluated comparatively with the clinical results measured after at least six weeks.

results

conclusionThe etiology of patients presenting with a boxer's fracture should be well understood, and if necessary, these patients should be treated multidisciplinary, with psychiatric help. Better satisfaction can be achieved with lower results in patients whose PCS scoring system has lost its eigenvalue.

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boxer’s fractureemergency medicineorthopedicspain catastrophic scaletraumavisual analogue scale

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PMID36938215
PMCPMC10022595
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