TO IDENTIFY SPECTRUM OF POST OPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS AND APPROPRIATE MANAGEMENT IN POLYTRAUMATIZED PATIENTS WITH MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURIES.

Dr.Shaneed Karinkappara; Dr.Ankur Babu

Volume : VIII, Issue : VI, June - 2019

TO IDENTIFY SPECTRUM OF POST OPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS AND APPROPRIATE MANAGEMENT IN POLYTRAUMATIZED PATIENTS WITH MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURIES.

Dr. Shaneed Karinkappara, Dr. Ankur Babu

Abstract :

The treatment of polytrauma patients with musculoskeletal injuries is fraught with various complications.The present study was conducted to identify the spectrum of post operative complications and appropriate management in polytraumatized patients with musculoskeletal injuries.The study was conducted at MIOT Hospitals, Chennai, India from 1–Oct–2014 to 1–Dec–2015 for a period of 14months. One hundred and forty nine cases of poly–trauma with musculoskeletal injuries were selected and classified as stable, borderline, unstable and in extremis and received either ETC or DCO. The patients were objectively evaluated pre–operatively, post operatively and at 2weeks, 2 months, 4 months and 6months after discharge. Among the 149 patients, 140 instances of complication were noted. Delayed union and ARDS were the most common post operative complications found in this study