Khabeer Ahmad Khattak, Basit Hussain, Nadeem-ur Rehman, Imtiaz Ahmad, Rehman Afridi.
Frequency of tibial diaphyseal fractures among patients presenting with motorcycle accidents.
Pak J Surg Jan ;37(1):48-52.

Introduction: Tibia is one of the long bone of the body. Due to its superficial location tibial fractures are common. Due to increasing population and changing human habits the number of accidents and high energy trauma is rising. Management of open fracture tibia is a complex problem and is a challenge for both Orthopaedic and plastic surgeons and requires the widest experience, the greatest wisdom, and the nicest of the clinical judgment in order to choose the most appropriate treatment for particular pattern of injury. This study will give us the latest and updated knowledge about the frequency of tibial diaphysial fractures after motorcycle accident. Our results may vary with other study because of lack of knowledge of traffic rules, excessive use of motorbike, rash driving. The results of this study will be shared with local orthopedic surgeons to devise future research and policy recommendations. Objective: To determine the frequency of tibial diaphysial fractures among patients presenting with motorcycle accidents. Study design: Descriptive cross sectional. Material and methods: In this study a total of 222 patients were observed. Detail patient history and clinical examination was done. Laboratory investigation and X-rays was confirmed the diagnosis of tibial diaphyseal fractures. All the above mentioned information including name, age, gender, socio-economic status, occupation, education level was recorded in a proforma. Strictly exclusion criteria had followed to control confounders and bias in the study results. Results: In this study mean age was 30 years with SD +- 12.33. 93% patients were male while 7% patients were female. Moreover 34% patients had tibial diaphyseal fracture and 66% patients did not had tibial diaphyseal fracture. Conclusion: Our study concludes that the frequency of tibial diaphysial fractures was 34% among patients presenting with motorcycle accidents.

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