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| Year : 2022 | Volume
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| Issue : 2 | Page : 109-114 |
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Incidence of fracture and dislocation patterns in patients with extremity injuries reporting to a tertiary care hospital
Madhav Khadilkar, Anish Nandkumar Tawde, Gopal Tukaram Pundkare
Department of Orthopaedics, Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University Medical College and Hospital, Pune, Maharashtra, India
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Anish Nandkumar Tawde
Department of Orthopaedics, Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University Medical College and Hospital, Katraj, Pune - 411 043, Maharashtra
India
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DOI: 10.4103/jotr.jotr_63_22
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Background: Trauma is globally associated with significant mortality with developing countries bearing a disproportionately high burden. It represents a major epidemic of non – communicable disease. The aim of this study is to evaluate the incidence of various fracture and dislocation patterns in patients with extremity injuries and their 1- year mortality rate. Materials and Methods: An observational, prospective study was undertaken to analyse the incidence of fracture and dislocation patterns in patients coming to the Orthopaedics OPD and emergency medicine department in a tertiary hospital during a period of two years from 1st, October 2017 to 30th, September 2019. Overall, 1182 patients were enrolled for the study with a mean age of 43 yrs. Results: Age group 21 – 30 years was most common (17.1%) age to suffer injuries with a male preponderance (67.5%). The most common mode of injury was by road traffic accident (43%). 97.9% of the injuries had unilateral involvement with the lower extremity (57.2%) and the femur (21.2%) being most frequently fractured. Dislocations/fracture-dislocations constituted only 5.5% cases with shoulder dislocation being the most frequently involved joint. Plain radiographs were used in 96.9% cases for final diagnosis. Forty cases (3.4%) were found to not survive in the 1-year follow up after fracture. Conclusion: The present study shows that most of the causes of trauma are preventable. This study could assist in raising the profile of RTI as a public health problem which needs to be addressed as a preventable cause of mortality and morbidity, and planning appropriate interventions for this major challenge.
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