Epidemiology of orthopaedic trauma in Istanbul level 3 private hospital

Abstract

Background: The distribution of patients who were admitted to the hospital for trauma depends on the location of hospital and the distribution of the population where the hospital is located. The aim was to answer the question regarding the distribution of orthopaedic traumas which were admitted to the emergency service of level 3 a private hospital and to be able to shed light on necessary training and equipment for the aforementioned emergency departments.

Methods: The distribution of the patients who were admitted to level 3 private hospital for a year was analyzed retrospectively. The patients who admitted between January 2014 and January 2015 were divided into subgroups as upper extremity, lower extremity, vertebral disk pathology, vertebral trauma, infection and soft tissue trauma, accompanying thoracic trauma and then they were taken into consideration.

Results: A total of 1538 patients admitted during a 12-month period. The number of the patients with upper extremity trauma was 539 while that of lower extremity was 423. There were 365 patients with vertebral trauma which was followed by 94 patients with pelvic trauma. The remaining patient group had thoracic trauma.

Conclusions: The patients aged between 30-39 years constituted the majority of the cases in present study. The upper extremity injuries were predominant. Also, the number of male patients was higher in every month. The center where the hospital is located plays an important role in determining the age group and type of trauma.