Prevalence of hip and lower limb fracture in the city of Aracaju, Brazil
Keywords:
bone fracture, inferior limb, incidence of fractureAbstract
Objectives: To analyse the prevalence of hip and lower limb fracture in the city of Aracaju (Sergipe) using data from the Fundação de Beneficência Hospital de Cirurgia from June 2008/2009 and comparing with results from studies of same nature developed by Komatsu (2004) in 1994/1995 in the city of Marilia (São Paulo) and Muniz et al (2007) in 2003/2005 in Paraná. Methods: Fracture types, age and gender were analyzed from 1200 patient files and divided into two different groups according to age, 30 – 50 years old and over 60’s. Results: It was verified that 343 of overall patients were female and 857 were male. The incidence of lower limb and hip fracture according to age average was higher for individual gender (p<0.05). The most frequent location for fractures on women over 50 years old was the femur (8.36/10,000 inhabitants, p<0.05). The tibia/fibula was the type of fracture most common in man (12.5/10,000 inhabitants, p<0.05) from 30 to 50 years old, followed by the femur (1.72/10,000 inhabitants, p<0.05). Conclusions: The incidence of lower limb and hip fractures was increased in male individuals from Aracaju-Brazil and the profile of fracture differs with age and body location.Downloads
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2012-06-14
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Rodrigues, T. M. de A., Dantas, R. E. A., Santos, D. M., Camporez, J. P. G., Peliciari-Garcia, R. A., Estevam, C. dos S., … Marçal, A. C. (2012). Prevalence of hip and lower limb fracture in the city of Aracaju, Brazil. Scientia Plena, 8(5). Retrieved from https://scientiaplena.org.br/sp/article/view/863
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