Classification of Gorsche and Wood for Hand Injuries Caused by a Mechanical Corn Picker

Description

A hand that gets caught in a mechanical corn picker will suffer mutilating injury. Gorsche and Wood classified the injuries based on the number of digits involved. The type of injury may determine the management of the injury and its functional outcome.

Typical digital injury: amputation and/or devascularization (mutilation), usually near the joint between the proximal phalanx and its metacarpal

Parameters:

(1) thumb injury

(2) number of other fingers injured

Thumb Injury	Other Fingers on Hand	Type
present	all 4 involved	I
absent	all 4 involved	II
absent	1 to 3 (1 to 3 spared)	III

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ICD-10