Acute and long-term costs of 268 peripheral nerve injuries in the upper extremity.
Konstantin Davide BergmeisterLuisa Große-HartlageSimeon C DaeschlerPatrick RhodiusArne BöckerMarius BeyersdorffAxel Olaf KernUlrich KneserLeila HarhausPublished in: PloS one (2020)
This large German patient sample indicates that nerve injury has a major impact on function and employment, resulting in significant health care costs. Both proximal and distal nerve injuries led to long-term disability, subsequent sick-leave and in 30% to permanent disability pension. These data are determined to support future studies and health economical work on prevention, treatment and rehabilitation of these often small injuries with great consequences.
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