DOI: 10.36347/sjams.2023.v11i01.035

Pages: 230-235

Background: Orthopedic fractures, traumatic injuries, dislocations, and visceral injuries pose significant mortality and morbidity around the world and are a critical and growing concern for healthcare systems. The aim of this study to assess the pattern of orthopedic fractures and visceral injuries and find factors associated with these fractures. Methods: This study was a retrospective observational study that was conducted on all of the patients who were admitted to the department of orthopedics at Medical College women and Hospital during the study period between April 2018 to June 2022 those who fulfilled the selection criteria were enrolled in this study. A total of 147 Patients of all age groups of either gender with one or more fractures were included. Result: A total of 147 road traffic crash victims with orthopedic fractures ranged from 5 to 85 years old. The majority of respondents, 81 (55.10%), were in the young age group (21 to 40 years) and 26% were female, and 74% were male. Regarding patients' marital status, almost similar proportions of married 75 (51.02%) and unmarried 72(48.98%) cases were noted. Majority 44(29.93%) of the patients had fracture in femur, second majority 35(23.81%) of the patients had fractures in tibia/fibula and 101(68.7%) cases were simple fractures and 46(31.3%) cases of compound fractures. Associated visceral injury was the head injury in 32(21.8%) cases and thoracic injuries in 12(8.2%) cases. Conclusion: In conclusion, orthopedic fractures and visceral injuries were the most frequent traffic injuries posing a high risk of mortality and morbidity. Femur and Tibia/fibula were more frequent, and nearly one-third of the injured people were affected with visceral injury, where the head injury was the most common. Additionally, we saw that male orthopedic patients and youths were the most affected.