Pattern of injuries in road traffic accident in northern Indian population
Journal Title: International Journal of Orthopaedics Sciences - Year 2017, Vol 3, Issue 4
Abstract
Road Traffic Accident (RTA) is a current global development epidemic. The World Health Organization (WHO 2010: 5) estimates that road traffic crashes cause over 1.24 million deaths and about 50 million people are injured per year. In India, the problem of road traffic accidents has been a public health issue. The present study aims to study the clinical profile of road traffic accident victims with orthopedic injuries admitted in a hospital of Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. The present cross-sectional study has been carried out at Orthopedics OPD and Emergency at Era’s Medical College, Lucknow. Sample size was calculated prior and was 262. The data were collected from Sep 2014 to June 2015. The findings were presented in tabular form to assess the socioeconomic variables, types of orthopedic injuries and most reasons of accidents. It is found that 69% victims were in age group of 20–40 years. Out of 262 patients 69% were male while 31% were female. Nearly 35% were undergraduate students. In 30% patients, tibia was fractured while in nearly 18% patients, two bones were fractured in combination of tibia+pelvis/femur/fibula/skull/ribs/humerus/radius/ulna. The distribution of patients according to bone fracture patterns was same among three bone fractures. The percentage of patients having four bone fracture (tibia+pelvis+humerus+ulna) was found to be 1%. In the present study, 39% accident victims reported that they got accident due to high speed of vehicle, 27% reported that accident occurred due to poor traffic systems, 31% reported that it happened due to poor road while 4% presented the reason of accident due to other reasons. The present study aims to know the common pattern of orthopedic injuries after road traffic accidents. The middle-age people are victims of traffic road accidents who get various types of typical orthopedic injuries. Still, the high speed and poor traffic systems are twin problems of road accidents.
Authors and Affiliations
Amit Nandan Mishra, Dr. Shakeel Ahmad Qidwai, Sandhya Mishra
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP482805
- DOI 10.22271/ortho.2017.v3.i4m.124
- Views 129
- Downloads 0
Incidence and type of complications following traumatic extremity amputations: preliminary report from a teaching hospital
Amputation is one of the oldest surgical procedure and a good amputation results in optimal functional outcome by providing healthy residual limb. Advances in prosthetics has enabled amputee with diverse options and bett...
Functional evaluation of fixation for PCL bony avulsion fractures using Burk and Schaffer’s approach
Background: Posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) is the chief posterior stabilizer of the knee In literature, surgical indications for PCL injuries treatment remains debatable, but in PCL bony avulsion, surgical reinsertion...
C2 dens fracture with closed cervical migration of a 6cm humeral fragment
Case: A 39-year-old woman, with bipolar disorder, suffered an eight-meter fall, resulting in dens and proximal and distal humeral fractures associated with migration of a 6cm humerus fragment to the left cervical region....
Outcome of precontoured locking plate fixation in distal humerus fractures
Aim: Outcome of precontoured locking plates fixation in Distal Humerus Fractures. Material and methods: Twenty-five patients with distal humerus fractures were treated with ORIF with pre-contoured locking plates. There w...
Functional outcome of comminuted unstable subtrochanteric fractures treated by proximal femoral nail [PFN]
Background: Subtrochanteric fractures are often difficult to treat and may well be associated with a mortality of more than 20%. The subtrochanteric region is the site of very high mechanical stresses, the medial and pos...