WORLD JOURNAL OF PLASTIC SURGERY

fa Implementation of Upper Extremity Trauma Registry: A Pilot Study تخصصي Special مقالات اصيل Original Article Abstract: Background: Hand traumas are common in young men and their complications can have negative effects on their occupation and economic activities. On the other hand, most of the hand injuries are related to occupation accidents and thus necessitates preventive measures. The goal of a clinical registry is assisting epidemiologic surveys, quality improvement preventions. Methods: This article explains the first phase of implementing a registry for upper extremity trauma. This phase includes recording of demographic data of patients. A questionnaire was designed. Contents include patients’ characteristics, pattern of injury and past medical history in a minimal data set checklist. This questionnaire was filled in the emergency room by general practitioners. For 2 months the data were collected in paper based manner, then problems and obstacles were evaluated and corrected. During this period a web based software was designed. The registry was then ran for another 4 months using web based software. Results: From 6.11.2019 to 5.3.2020, 1675 patients were recorded in the registry. Random check of recorded data suggests that accuracy of records was about 95.5%. Most of the missing data was related to associated injuries and job experience. Some mechanisms of injury seems to be related to Iran community and thus warrants special attention for preventive activities. Conclusion: With a special registry personnel and supervision of plastic surgery faculties, an accurate record of data of upper extremity trauma is possible. The patterns of injury were remarkable and can be used for investigations and policy making for prevention.   Registries, Hand Trauma, Occupational accidents, Amputation 29 36 http://wjps.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-657-4&slc_lang=fa&sid=1 Yousef Shafaei Khanghah 100319475328460013929 100319475328460013929 No Hazrate Fatemeh Hospital, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Ali Foroutan Aliforoutanplastic@gmail.com 100319475328460013930 100319475328460013930 Yes Hazrate Fatemeh Hospital, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Alireza Sherafat 100319475328460013931 100319475328460013931 No School of Medicine, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, United Kingdom Mohammad Javad Fatemi 100319475328460013932 100319475328460013932 No Hazrate Fatemeh Hospital, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Hosein Bagheri Faradonbeh 100319475328460013933 100319475328460013933 No Hazrate Fatemeh Hospital, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Hossein Akbari 100319475328460013934 100319475328460013934 No Hazrate Fatemeh Hospital, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran