Open AccessIncidence and Pattern of Extremity Fractures seen in Accident and Emergency Department of a Nigerian Teaching Hospital
Author(s) -
Njoku Isaac Omoke,
Francis Oji Ekumankama
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
nigerian journal of surgery/nigerian journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7100
pISSN - 1117-6806
DOI - 10.4103/njs.njs_42_19
Subject(s) - medicine , incidence (geometry) , emergency department , etiology , humerus , femur , prospective cohort study , tibia , road traffic , emergency medicine , surgery , physics , optics , psychiatry , transport engineering , engineering
Extremity fracture is an important component of musculoskeletal injury worldwide. The distributions of etiological factors and types of extremity fractures vary from and within subregions and have implications in preventive and treatment strategies. This study aimed at determining the incidence and pattern of extremity fractures seen in accident and emergency department (A and ED) of a teaching hospital in a developing country.