Caracterización de tipos de fracturas en miembro inferior de pacientes politraumatizados evaluados por radiología digital en el área de imagenología del Hospital Vicente Corral Moscoso. Enero-junio 2021

Abstract

Background: Multiple trauma patients attend the emergency and imaging area every day, so it is necessary to maintain updated data on the frequency in which these events occur and the severity of the patients. Traffic accidents are the leading cause of trauma according to the World Health Organization (WHO): Every year about 1.3 million people die on the roads worldwide, and between 20-50 million suffer non-fatal injuries. Traffic accidents are one of the main causes of death in all age groups, particularly in people between 5 and 29 years of age. (1) General objective: To characterize the kinds of fractures in the lower limb of multiple trauma patients evaluated in the Imaging area of the “Vicente Corral Moscoso” Hospital, diagnosed by digital radiological imaging during the period January-June 2021. Methodology: A retrospective and cross-sectional descriptive method was carried out. The information was collected from trauma patients who were examined by a simple digital radiography in the period January-June 2021 at the "Vicente Corral Moscoso" Hospital. Results: The investigation included a population of 205 patients. The prevalence of fractures in the lower limb was 76.1% in male and 23.9% in female patients. The prevalent age group is young adults between 21- 30 years with 33.7%. The bone with the highest frequency of injury is the Tibia with 39.2%, depending on the exposure the predominant fracture is the displaced one without exposure with 61.2%, the most frequent fracture line is the oblique with 31.9%, and the prevalent side of the damage is to the left with 49.8%. Conclusion: The percentages in the variables of sex, age, affected bone and laterality of the condition are similar research data in other regions, in the fracture according to the exposure and according to the line, the values oscillate a lot or don’t exist, the simple digital radiography it’s the method with the highest specificity and low cost for the evaluation of fractures.