Abstract
During the past 2 years from 1980 to 1981, a total of 1154 patients with traumatic fractures were treated in 10 hospitals of the National Sanatorium. The age of these atients ranged from 3 months to 96 years old with 504 patients (43.7 per cent) between 20 to 50, 324 patients (28.1 per cent) over 60, and 127 patients (11.0 per cent) under 10 years old. There were 674 male and 480 female patients.
The site of the fracture was the spine in 309 (26.7 per cent), the femoral neck in 153 (13.3 per cent), the ankle area in 127 (11.0 per cent), the clavicle and rib in 112 (9.7 per cent), and the tibia in 90 (7.8 per cent) patients.
The major cause of the fracture was the accidental fall in 597 (51.7 per cent), the traffic accident in 195 (16.9 per cent), and the trauma during exercise in 139 (12.0 per cent) pa-tients. Seven-hundred and seven (61.3 per cent) patients were treated non-surgically, however 109 patients (75.7 per cent) with femoral neck fracture, which was most frequently seen among the elderly patients, were treated surgically. Twelve patients died during the treatment period due to secondary complications, of whom 10 were over 60 years old.
