An epidemiological study of risk of hip fracture subsequent to the earlier Colles fracture in elderly patients
Journal Title: National Journal of Clinical Orthopaedics - Year 2018, Vol 2, Issue 3
Abstract
Introduction: Colles’ fracture is the most common fracture encountered in the clinical practice and also hip Fracture which is also an old age fracture. Patients usually have moderate trauma like slip and fall on floor. Here in the study we are trying to correlate between colles’ & hip fractures (inter-trochanteric, per trochanteric & neck of femur fractures).Can colles’ be called as Predecessor or predictor of developing hip fracture in the future. Methods: There are 400 patients who were analyzed retrospectively from June 2015 to June 2018.They were selected depending on the hip fractures and previous history of wrist fractures. Results: out of 400 patients 292(73%) were females, 108(27%) were males. These patients had significant history of previous colles’ Fracture following which they had developed hip fractures during the average period of 4 years following colles’ fractures. Most of the patients had moderate trauma like slip and fall on floor. Ipsilateral cases were 192(65%) out 292 females, 67(62%) out of 108 males.126 (43%) of 292 females & 28(26%) of 108 males had co-morbidities (Diabetes, seizures, parkinsonism etc.) Conclusion: our study showed that patients of old age presenting with wrist fractures has to be evaluated for any predisposing factors for & has to be treated and prevented from developing future hip fractures.
Authors and Affiliations
Dr. Madhukar KT, Dr. Venkatesh V, Dr. Sushanth Srivastava
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP506936
- DOI -
- Views 53
- Downloads 0
Analysis of cases of distal tibial fracture managed with MIPPO technique
Background: Fracture of this bone is challenge for orthopedic surgeon as there is less muscular covering the bone. This leads to complications such as non- union, delayed union or dehiscence. The present study was conduc...
Functional outcome of open surgical repair of full thickness rotator cuff tears using the double row suture anchorage technique
Introduction: The arthroscopic method offers several advantages, including smaller incisions, access to the gleno-humeral joint for the inspection and treatment of intra-articular lesions, no need for detachment of the d...
Epidemiology of injuries in school: Analysis of 3285 medical entries in a suburban school
Background: Injuries in school are a common phenomenon. However, we do not yet know the incidence of these injuries. We, therefore, examined the medical record of a busy suburban school to understand the pattern of injur...
To evaluate the ponseti method of manipulation for treatment of rigid, neglected, recurrent cases of clubfoot in children between age of 02-10 years
A prospective study to determine effectiveness of Ponseti method in correcting clubfoot in children aged 2-10 years and failed or recurrent clubfoot in children aged 2-10 years was done at Department of Orthopaedics & Tr...
Amputation of ischaemic limb due to arterio-venous emboli manage by fogarty embolectomy has better prognosis than manage by LMW Heparin
Extraction of arterio-venous emboli using the Fogarty catheter has been widely accepted technique for embolectomy but it also give better circulatory function in amputated limb Case Presentation: This report describes ar...