PROBLEMS OF CLASSIFICATION AND TERMINOLOGY OF OPEN HAND INJURIES (REVIEW)

Abstract

The review of the most meaningful classifications and the terms used in treatment of open injuries of the hand is presented. The presented classifications nominally are divided into three groups: the classifications constructed on descriptive signs, constructed by a scale principle and constructed by the mixed principles.Characteristics of the most used terms of the open damages of a brush, such as combined damages, a severe trauma of a hand, traumatic amputations, etc., and their interpretation by various authors are given.

Keywords

• hand
• open injuries