Epidemiology of inpatient tibia fractures in Singapore -- A single centre experience

作     者：Joshua Decruz Rex Premchand Antony Rex Suheal Ali Khan Decruz Joshua;Antony Rex Rex Premchand;Ali Khan Suheal

作者机构：Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Khoo Teck Puat Hospital Singapore 

出 版 物：《Chinese Journal of Traumatology》 (中华创伤杂志（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2019年第22卷第2期

页      面：99-102页

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学科分类：0403[教育学-体育学] 1002[医学-临床医学] 10[医学] 

主　　题：Tibia fractures Epidemiology Urban 

摘      要：Purpose:There are no previous epidemiological studies to represent the trends of tibia fractures in the urban *** purpose of our study was to provide unique epidemiological information on the incidence of tibia fractures requiring admission in the urban population of ***:This is a retrospective review of clinical and radiological records encompassing three years period from 2012 to 2014 in a tertiary hospital in Northern Singapore,which covers an adult population of 550,*** information included demographics,mechanism of injury,and Gustillo-Anderson *** records were evaluated by two of the authors and fractures were classified using the AO classification after consensus was ***:There were 214 cases of tibia fractures with a population incidence of 13 in 100,*** the tibia fractures,47% were diaphyseal,43% proximal and 10% *** of patients were males with a male to female ratio of 3 to *** mean age of females was 64 years while that of males was 40 *** commonest mechanism of injury was road traffic accident,which contributed to 42% of cases,with motorcyclists making up 78% of all road traffic *** fractures made up 23% of all fractures,most of which were Gustillo-Anderson type Ⅲ;69% of patients underwent surgical ***:The incidence of tibia fractures is 13/100,000 with a male-to-female ratio of 3∶*** incidence is lower than other studies,but the proportion of open fractures were surprisingly high at 23%.Distribution of fractures was unimodal with a peak in younger men and older *** may signify a component of fragility among tibia fractures,especially proximal and distal fractures,which peaks above the age of 80 years old.