Shakeel, M., Mughal, S.A., & Akbar, A.
Incidence of nature of trauma in sialkot; a city of Pakistan. |
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Scientific Object Identifier: http://s-o-i.org/1.1/TAS-10-66-70
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.15863/TAS.2018.10.66.70
Language: English
Citation: Shakeel, M., Mughal, S.A., & Akbar, A. (2018). Incidence of nature of trauma in sialkot; a city of Pakistan. ISJ Theoretical & Applied Science, 10 (66), 602-606. Soi: http://s-o-i.org/1.1/TAS-10-66-70 Doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.15863/TAS.2018.10.66.70 |
Pages: 602-606
Published: 30.10.2018
Abstract: Objective: To determine different type s of trauma reported at tertiary care hospital in the city of Sialkot. Study design and duration: This is a cross sectional study started on first January 2018 and completed on August 2018. Setting: Study was conducted in Khawaja Muhammad Safdar Medical College Sialkot, Pakistan. Patients and methods: Total 177 cases were studied which presented to emergency department of the study institution after trauma. Some of them were admitted in the hospital and which had minor trauma they were discharged after giving them management in the emergency department. A performa was designed containing relevant questions about age, mode of injury, RTA or fall, how long before it happened, site and type of fracture, open or close fracture, gender and any other associated injuries etc. All investigations were done from within the emergency ward. Initial management was given to all cases. Consent was taken from all cases for including their data in the study and permission was also taken from ethical committee of the hospital. After taking history of incidence complete examination of the patient was done and important points were documented on the performa. Data was analyzed on SPSS and Microsoft office version 2017 and results were calculated in the form of frequencies and percentage. Data expressed via tables and graphs. P-value less than 0.05 were considered significant. Results: There were total 177 cases included in the study, which presented with trauma. Age range was 05-70 years with mean age of 36.7 years. In study group 129(73%) and 48(27%) were female cases. There was history of fall in 36(20.3%) cases and RTA in 118 cases. Open fracture was present in 30(17%) and closed fracture in 147(83%) cases. Gunshot was reported in 2(1.1%) and crush injury in 8(4.5%), CTEV in 2(1.1%), cystic lesions in 1(0.6%), compound fracture in 9(5.1%), septic arthritis in 2(0.1%), fracture of humerus in 7(4%), radius/ulna fracture in 12(6.8%), olecrenon fracture in 4(2.3%) and potts fracture in 2(1.1%), patella fracture in 4(2.3%), femur fracture in 58(32.8%), fracture tibia and fibula in 44(24.8%) , foot fracture in 8(4.5%), fracture of phalynx one or more in 3(1.7%), pubic rami fracture in 4(2.3%) and dislocation of joint was reported in 8(4.5%) cases. Conclusion: Closed fracture is more common than open fracture and mostly male gender is involved in trauma. Most of the fractures occur in femur bone followed by tibia and fibula.
Key words: incidence of Trauma, long bone fracture, RTA, open and closed fracture
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