Epidemiology of orthopedic trauma admissions in a multispecialty hospital in Warangal-A retrospective study

Abstract

Introduction: To analyze the spectrum of orthopedic admissions was the aim of this study. There are multiple other reasons besides fracture for which a patient could potentially be admitted to orthopedic inpatient care. Materials and Methods: One-year registry data of orthopedic admissions was used to analyze the spectrum of admissions. This study was performed at a tertiary level multispecialty Warangal based on patients admitted for orthopedic inpatient care. Results: 1020 patients were joined over the one year period. These patients having an average age of 41. 14 years with a gender-wise ratio of 61:39 Male to Female. There were (330) lower limb fractures, upper limb fractures (91), (14) Neck fractures, (3) cellulitis, (112) cervical PIVD (Prolapsed Inter Vertebral Disc), lumbar PIVD (173), cervical and lumbar (53), (104) implant removal, head injury (117), (19) chest and abdomen injury, spine (2) and with (2) admissions not specified due to coding. Conclusion: Our results showed a rising incidence of orthopedic fractures in adult males, which is not matching out the previously reported fractures in older and young people. For the most reason for orthopedic admissions were fractured, accounted more than 2/3 of the total admissions. Biasness in gender admission reflects true picture of male-dominated society and the lower limb fractures were dominating in our study.