Open AccessClinical and laboratory characteristics of patients after surgery of tibial fracture at Soc Trang Provincial general Hospita
Author(s) -
Quoc Tuan Tran,
Minh Quân Nguyen
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
tạp chí khoa học điều dưỡng (journal of nursing science)/khoa học điều dưỡng
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2734-9632
pISSN - 2615-9589
DOI - 10.54436/jns.2022.1.400
Subject(s) - medicine , surgery , postoperative pain , orthopedic surgery , general hospital , tibial fracture , blood loss , general surgery , tibia
Purpose: Examine clinical and laboratory characteristics of patients after surgery of tibial fracture at Soc Trang Province General Hospital.Participants and methods: Patients were prescribed to tibial fracture surgery at Orthopedic Surgery Department - Soc Trang Provincial General Hospital from November 1, 2020 to April 30, 2021. Methods of crosssectional descriptive study on 186 patients.Results: The mean age of the participants was 45.11±17.44 (min-max:15-89); the majority were men, accounting for 62.4%. After surgery,the indicators of blood pressure, pulse, breathing rate improved. 66.7% of participants had pain after surgery. Most of the participants had normal lab test results after surgery. Most of the participants had X-rays, showing that 99.5% had good surgery results. The patients had ultrasound (17.7%), CT scan (19.4%); cultured bacteria (5.9%), postoperative infectious complications (0.5%); loss of sensation (45.2%); compressed the cavity (0).Conclusion: After surgery, patients often had pain symptoms and the postoperative infection rate was as low as 0.5%.