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Volume : 3, Issue : 3, Year : 2021
Article Page : 20-27
https://doi.org/10.18231/j.ijrimcr.2021.016
Abstract
The study aimed at determining the prevalence of lower limb fractures among adult patients at Mama Lucy Kibaki Hospital. The study adopted a cohort analysis and matched case-control study. It was conducted at Mama Lucy Kibaki Hospital, Nairobi. The study population was drawn from 80 respondents who presented with lower limb fractures. Categorical data was presented in the form of frequency tables, graphs and charts. In view of the study findings, it was concluded that: there is a high prevalence of lower limb fractures among adults compared to upper limb fractures; the fracture pattern had the most common occurrence; high energy trauma was the major cause of lower limb fractures and tibia/fibula shaft was the commonly involved fractured bone. The study recommends that the hospital administration should adequately prepare for fractures that involve the lower limb given that the mostly occur in the study area; hospitals should ensure that their facilities are well equipped with surgical equipment and instruments. Further, the clinicians should be well trained and to handle the oblique fracture and tibia/fibula shaft fractures of the lower limb since it accounted for the majority of cases observed.
Keywords: Adult patients, Prevalence of lower limb, fractured bone.
How to cite : Collin O L C, Tawa N, Opondo E, Ondieki J, Prevalence of Lower Limb Fractures among Adult Patients at Mama Lucy Kibaki Hospital. Int J Recent Innov Med Clin Res 2021;3(3):20-27
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