Authors : Ali Azizi, Farshad Morad Veisi, Farhad Amirian, Abdollah Dargahi, Samira Mohammadi, Mohsen Poursadeghiyan and Mitra Mohammadi
Abstract: Fractures are one the most common accidents in occupational injuries and traffic accident. Generally the fracture of lower limbs account almost for one third of all fractures. So the objective of this study was to study the epidemiology of lowers limb fractures in patients of Taleghani hospital in Kermanshah in 2014. In this cross sectional study, in order to achieve the goal of study, the prepared checklist was completed through using the record information of patients with lower limb fracture in the emergency and orthopedic wards of Taleghani Hospital in Kermanshah. The number of 1117 subjects was surveyed through the random sampling. Finally, the obtained data was analyzed by SPSS 20 Software.The obtained data indicated that the study population consisted of 753 men (67.4%) and 364 woman (32.6%). The highest fracture was related to hip fracture. Also the most and least cause of fracture related to traffic accident (60.9%) and assault (0.5%). The result indicated that the highest frequency of lower limbs fractures were in the patient age ranged from 15-24 years. The highest frequency of lower limbs fracture were observed in the ankle, fibuls+tibia 5 and foot and the lowest frequency was related to femur region (40 cases).Generally it can be concluded that the prevention strategy should be considered aim to progress the safety of roads in country and implementation the strict regulation for offenders and enhance the quality and safety of car as well. The coordinated activity between the different units such as police, the fire and emergency wards can be improved the services to accident injuries. Moreover, it reduce the time of emergency reach to the accident site and done the faster vital activity to accident injuries.
Ali Azizi, Farshad Morad Veisi, Farhad Amirian, Abdollah Dargahi, Samira Mohammadi, Mohsen Poursadeghiyan and Mitra Mohammadi, 2016. Epidemiology of Lowers Limb Fractures in Patient of Taleghani Hospital in Kermanshah in 2014. Research Journal of Medical Sciences, 10: 325-329.