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[Treatment costs in initially underestimated infections of the hand]
B Reichert1, O Zöphel, M Möller
1Sektion Plastische Chirurgie, Handchirurgie, Intensiveinheit für Schwerbrandverletzte der Medizinischen Universität zu Lübeck. Bert.Reichert@medinf.mu-luebeck.de
Handchirurgie, Mikrochirurgie, Plastische Chirurgie : Organ Der Deutschsprachigen Arbeitsgemeinschaft Fur Handchirurgie : Organ Der Deutschsprachigen Arbeitsgemeinschaft Fur Mikrochirurgie Der Peripheren Nerven Und Gefasse : Organ Der V
|October 16, 2001
Abstract:
Summary. Infections that develop as a complication of minor injuries to the hand, frequently are underestimated by the patient or by the physician initially consulted. Between 1990 and 2000, we have treated 172 in-patients as a result of this underestimation. In a retrospective study we have tried to evaluate the economic consequences. According to our results, treatment costs of 210,000 D-Mark could have been saved, if adequate treatment had been initiated on time.