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ArticleThe Journal of hand surgery, European volume2025

The burden of hand trauma surgery on primary care in the United Kingdom: a nation-wide analysis of antibiotic and opioid prescriptions.

Justin Cr Wormald, Jennifer Ce Lane, Marti Català, Antonella Delmestri, Jonathan Cook, Jeremy N Rodrigues, Matthew L Costa, Daniel Prieto-Alhambra

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Article in The Journal of hand surgery, European volume, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Justin Cr WormaldKadoorie Centre for Critical Care Research and Education, Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-6197-4093
Jennifer Ce LaneBarts Bone and Joint Health, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, UK.
Marti CatalàBotnar Institute for Musculoskeletal Sciences, Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, UK.
Antonella DelmestriBotnar Institute for Musculoskeletal Sciences, Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, UK.
Jonathan CookBotnar Institute for Musculoskeletal Sciences, Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, UK.
Jeremy N RodriguesWarwick Clinical Trials Unit, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, UK.
Matthew L CostaOxford Trauma and Emergency Care, Kadoorie Centre, Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, UK.
Daniel Prieto-AlhambraBotnar Institute for Musculoskeletal Sciences, Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, UK.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Although surgical site infection (SSI) risk after hand trauma surgery is around 5%, the severity of these infections is not known. The risk of superficial SSI in a cohort study was evaluated using NHS UK-wide primary care records (

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Analgesics, OpioidAnti-Bacterial AgentsDrug PrescriptionsHand InjuriesPractice Patterns, Physicians'Primary Health CareSurgical Wound InfectionAcute Care SurgeryAdolescentAdultAgedFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedUnited KingdomAnalgesics, OpioidAnti-Bacterial AgentsAntibioticshand surgeryinfectiontrauma

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PMID40340493
PMCPMC12559369

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