Volume : VIII, Issue : VI, June - 2019

FRACTURE PATTERNS IN THE ELDERLY – THE DAVANAGERE EXPERIENCE

Sivanesan Uthraraj N, Hiriyur Prakash Meghana P, Ansar A, Kumar M, Shrujith V, Reddy V, Haninchal M, Hundekar A, Soares A, Kalshetty D

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Objective – The main objective of this study was to ing out the patterns of geriatric fractures in a level 2 traumacentre with respect to age, sex, lateralization and type of fracture. This would predicting the fracture in geriatric patients who are particularly at risk ( osteoporotic and osteopaenic ) patients and would help us in reducing the fractures by preventive methods including the strengthening of bones and preventing falls in the elderly by appropriate means. Methods – We retrospectively analyzed data from a level 2 traumacentre in a distict head quarters government hospital catering to a population of 1.9 million in Davanagere, a city in Karnataka. The inclusion criteria were all patients above 60 years who had a fracture and was operated in the same hospital. The data was collected over a 1 year period. The collected data was analysed and arbitrary figures were arrived at from which the patterns as mentioned above could be calculated. Results – We did find specific patterns and predilections with regards to the side, age, sex and type of fracture in the data that we analyzed. Conclusion – This is a pioneering one of its kind study in the whole country. There is only data available internationally in this regard and this throws some light on the patterns unique for our country. There is an increasing emphasis on the improvement of quality of life in the geriatric population and this study will help us prevent geriatric fractures by treating osteoporosis and by taking measures to prevent falls in the elderly which is an established standard practice in the western health care systems. This study also has the potential to be expanded with a bigger sample size and correlating fracture patterns with the degree of osteoporosis ( T–score ). • There is no similar study for the Indian population • Western data cannot be blindly applided to Indian patients as there are differences with respect to social structuring and the body phenotype • This study ings out the relevant statistics and pattern for the Indian population • It can be expanded further to include other parameters

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FRACTURE PATTERNS IN THE ELDERLY‾THE DAVANAGERE EXPERIENCE, Sivanesan Uthraraj N, Hiriyur Prakash Meghana P, Ansar A, Kumar M, Shrujith V, Reddy V, Haninchal M, Hundekar A, Soares A, Kalshetty D INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH : Volume-8 | Issue-6 | June-2019

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