Open AccessTreatment of victims with closed diaphyseal fractures of the femur in combination with craniocerebral trauma
Author(s) -
N. Ya. Prokopiev
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
kazanskij medicinskij žurnal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2587-9359
pISSN - 0368-4814
DOI - 10.17816/kazmj99776
Subject(s) - medicine , femur , shock (circulatory) , hematoma , surgery , emergency medicine , anesthesia
The present report is based on observations of 103 victims with closed fractures of the diaphysis of the femur combined with craniocerebral trauma. There were 89 men and 14 women. Compression of the brain by intracranial hematoma was diagnosed in 2 persons. Industrial injuries were registered in 16.5% of the victims, road traffic injuries in 69.9%, household injuries in 13.6%. In a state of alcoholic intoxication 23.3% of the victims were injured. In the state of traumatic shock 37.8% of the patients were admitted.