J Korean Orthop Assoc.  1981 Sep;16(3):610-618. 10.4055/jkoa.1981.16.3.610.

A Clinical Observation of 148 Complications in the Open Fracture

• Lee IJ
• Oh ST
• Youn TH

• KMID: 2450656
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4055/jkoa.1981.16.3.610

Abstract

One hundred forty eight complications in 135 cases of long bone fractures experienced during the period from May 1971 to December 1979, at the Chosun University Hospital and analysed its retrospectively. The results were obtained as follows. 1. The order of incidence of complications were as follows; infection (39.8%), delayed union(23.6%). malunion (13.5%), ankylosis of joint (12.2%). nonunion (8.1%) and peripheral nerve injury (2. 8%). 2. Of all 127 patients, 97 patients were male and 30 patients were female, and 72 patients (56.7%) were cauesd by traffic accidents. The sex ratio between male and female was 3.2: l. 3. The major complications were frequently associated with other fractures and dislocations, brain injuries. 4. Those of open, comminuted fracture and delayed transfer cases to the Orthopedic Surgeon were predisposing factors to development of the severe complication.

Keyword

Complications; Long bone; Open fracture

MeSH Terms

Accidents, Traffic
Ankylosis
Brain Injuries
Causality
Dislocations
Female
Fractures, Bone
Fractures, Comminuted
Fractures, Open*
Humans
Incidence
Joints
Male
Orthopedics
Peripheral Nerve Injuries
Retrospective Studies
Sex Ratio