J Korean Orthop Assoc.  1985 Dec;20(6):1111-1116. 10.4055/jkoa.1985.20.6.1111.

A Clinical Study of Frostbite

• Lee HA
• Park YW

• KMID: 2446167
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4055/jkoa.1985.20.6.1111

Abstract

This report is a clinical review of 58 patients suffering from frostbite, who were treated at the department orthopedic surgery, Seoul City Dong Bu Hospital from November 1982 to March 1985. The results are as follows: 1. The male to female sex ratio was 13.5:l. 2. The majority of the patients (72%) were decades between 30 and 50. 3. Frostbite began on November and registered the highest incidence in January, the lowest temperature of the year. 4. The most commonly affected region was the lower extremities, bilaterally. 5. The average duration of exposure in cold weather was 23 days, 6. The average hospitalization period was 84 days. 7. Among the 58 patients, 14 patients were treated by conservative treatment, 14 patients by closed amputation and 25 patients by open amputation.

Keyword

Frostbite; Treatment; Amputation; Analysis of 58 cases

MeSH Terms

Amputation
Clinical Study*
Female
Frostbite*
Hospitalization
Humans
Incidence
Lower Extremity
Male
Orthopedics
Seoul
Sex Ratio
Weather