[Orthopedic injuries in polytrauma].
Trauma is one of the leading causes of mortality in the world. Traumatic injury has a significant impact on the patient, socially, functionally and financially. Orthopaedic injuries are generally not life-threatening unless they result in significant hemodynamic instability. The outcome of the orthopaedic injuries might lead to mild or severe disability and lost quality of life. Therefore, the orthopaedic surgeon has significant role in treatment of trauma patient. In order to control and prevent traumatic injuries, to improve quality of trauma treatment and outcome, including the costs the National trauma registry is essential. The aim of the study was to collect the datas about the frequency of orthopaedic injuries in polytraumatised patients who were treated in intensive care unit of Emergency Center of Serbia in last two years. There were significant number of orthopaedic injuries (53.2%) in polytraumatised patients. The major cause of the injuries is traffic (78.6%) and most patients were between 30-50 years (30%).
Popović
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N
Urgentni Centar, Klinickog Centra Srbije, Beograd.
Blagojević
Z
Z
Nikolić
V
V
Stefanović
B
B
Bajec
Dj
Dj
Karamarković
A
A
Vujadinović
D
D
Pavlović
A
A
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009104:Multiple Trauma / Q000473:pathology