Updated Trends of Fractures, A Single Trauma Centre Prospective Observational Study

Abstract

The study goal was to know the prevalence of fractures in patients that attended the emergency department of Ain shams university hospitals (tertiary center) within a specified period of time of six months. Patients that attended the emergency department suffering from fractures in a period of six months were recorded. Grouping of the data was done by incidence patterns and analyzed as regard the age, the gender, the mode of trauma, the time till presentation and the energy of trauma skin condition, bone segment according to AO / OTA classification, previous surgical history and medical comorbidities, drug intake, associated injuries and management decision for each patient and recorded in a specifically designed master sheet with all the radiographs and photographs for skin condition. The data was reviewed by two independent investigators separately. Results showed that most prevalent fractures were femur fractures especially in geriatrics, followed by radius fractures that mainly occurred in pediatric age group, tibial fractures were the third most common fractures and mainly affected adult age group, humeral fractures were the fourth most common with pediatrics age group mainly affected. Malleolar fractures were the fifth prevalent fractures followed by the ulnar fractures. This aimed to direct the residency learning outcomes to meet the commonly encountered scenarios and also direct the governmental efforts for developing and applying preventive strategies to reduce the burden of such fractures.