Injury
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Multicenter Study
Consequences of non-fatal electrical injury: findings of community-based national survey in Bangladesh.
This study was designed to document the consequences of electrical injury in Bangladesh. A community-based cross-sectional survey was conducted from January to December 2003. Nationally representative data were collected from 171,366 rural and urban households, comprising a total of 819,429 population. ⋯ Electrical Injury is a major cause of morbidity in Bangladesh. It is responsible for significant loss of school days and work days and creating serious health and economic hardship for the inflicted families. A nationwide prevention program needs to be developed to address this problem.
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Multicenter Study
Epidemiology of electrical injury: findings from a community based national survey in Bangladesh.
The objective of this study is to explore the magnitude and pattern of electrical injury in Bangladesh. ⋯ Electrical injury is an emerging cause of mortality and morbidity in both urban and rural areas of Bangladesh. Males and rural people were the more vulnerable group for electrical injury compared to women and the urban population. The home is the most common place for injury occurrence.
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Multicenter Study Comparative Study
Can cervical spine computed tomography assist in detecting occult pneumothoraces?
Screening CT often detects posttraumatic pneumothoraces that were not diagnosed on a preceding supine anteroposterior chest radiograph (occult pneumothoraces (OPTXs)). Because abdominal CT imaging misses OPTXs in the upper thorax, the objective of this study was to evaluate the utility of cervical spine (C-spine) CT screening for diagnosing OPTXs. ⋯ OPTXs were evident on thoracic (and not abdominal) CT in 17% of severely injured patients. For patients who also underwent C-spine imaging, all OPTXs isolated to thoracic CT could be diagnosed by using the pulmonary windows setting of their C-spine CT imaging protocol. All OPTXs, regardless of intra-thoracic location, could also be detected by combining C-spine and abdominal CT screening.
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Multicenter Study Clinical Trial
Standardised cement augmentation of the PFNA using a perforated blade: A new technique and preliminary clinical results. A prospective multicentre trial.
Pertrochanteric fractures are a rising major health-care problem in the elderly and their operative stabilisation techniques are still under discussion. Furthermore, complications like cut-out are reported to be high and implant failure often is associated with poor bone quality. The PFNA(®) with perforated blade offers a possibility for standardised cement augmentation using a polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) cement which is injected through the perforated blade to enlarge the load-bearing surface and to diminish the stresses on the trabecular bone. ⋯ A mean volume of 4.2ml of cement was injected. We did not find any cut-out, cut through, unexpected blade migration, implant loosening or implant breakage within the study period. Our findings lead us to conclude that the standardised cement augmentation using the perforated blade for pertrochanteric fracture fixation enhances the implant anchorage within the head-neck fragment and leads to good functional results.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study
Reamed versus minimally reamed nailing: a prospectively randomised study of 100 patients with closed fractures of the tibia.
It is generally accepted that in tibial fractures the results of reamed intramedullary nailing are better than those of unreamed. However, it is not known whether the clinical effects of reaming are cumulative or if minimal reaming would induce the same beneficial effects as more extensive reaming. This international multicentre study has investigated the effects of different degrees of reaming. 100 patients with closed diaphyseal tibial fractures were prospectively randomised in two centres. ⋯ A considerable number of outcome parameters including knee and ankle function, as well as the comparison of time intervals to restart certain activities, and return to work showed no significant statistical difference between the two groups. However, patients of the extensive reamed group returned earlier to running, training, and normal sports activities. This study found no significant evidence that more extensive reaming gave better results, however there seemed to be a tendency of more aggressive reaming to induce earlier fracture healing with a tendency of faster recovery times.