Predictive value of disability scoring systems for return-to-work outcomes in hand and forearm injuries.

Background: Predicting return-to-work (RTW) outcomes following upper extremity trauma is crucial for optimizing patient care, guiding rehabilitation, and reducing the socioeconomic burden. Although several disability scoring systems have been proposed to assess injury severity, their ability to estimate RTW status and duration remains underexplored. This study aimed to evaluate the predictive value of the Modified Hand Injury Severity Score (MHISS), Upper Extremity Disability Rate (UEDR), and Total Body Disability Rate (TBDR) for RTW outcomes in patients with hand, wrist, and forearm injuries.

The importance of length and area estimate for forensic medicine without using a measurement tool.

Background/aim: Accurately measuring and recording the length or area of lesions affects the judgement of the forensic report, surgical wound management and, in some countries, the billing of health care services. The aim of this study was to determine whether the length and area of lesions described by physicians by estimation are accurate.

Materials And Methods: This study was designed as a cross-sectional descriptive study and was conducted with 494 participants consisting of internists and physicians at Ondokuz Mayıs University, Faculty of Medicine.