Traumatological emergencies: epidemiological and problematic aspects of care in the orthopedics traumatology department of the CHU Ignace Deen in Conakry

Tafsir Camara; Mohamed Lamine Bah; Mohamed Sidibe; Fode Mahamoud Sylla; Hippolyte Nassaaradenger Madjirabe; Mamadou Alpha Bah; Mohamed Youla; Karinka Keita; Mamadou Moustapha Diallo; Leopold Lamah

doi:10.18203/issn.2455-4510.IntJResOrthop20232606

Authors

Tafsir Camara Department of Orthopedics Traumatology CHU Ignace Deen Conakry, Guinea
Mohamed Lamine Bah Department of Orthopedics Traumatology CHU Ignace Deen Conakry, Guinea
Mohamed Sidibe Department of Orthopedics Traumatology CHU Ignace Deen Conakry, Guinea
Fode Mahamoud Sylla Department of Orthopedics Traumatology, CHU Ignace Deen Conakry, Guinea
Hippolyte Nassaaradenger Madjirabe Department of Orthopedics Traumatology CHU Ignace Deen Conakry, Guinea
Mamadou Alpha Bah Department of Orthopedics Traumatology CHU Ignace Deen Conakry, Guinea
Mohamed Youla Department of Orthopedics Traumatology CHU Ignace Deen Conakry, Guinea
Karinka Keita Department of Orthopedics Traumatology CHU Ignace Deen Conakry, Guinea
Mamadou Moustapha Diallo Department of Orthopedics Traumatology CHU Donka, Conakry, Guinea
Leopold Lamah Department of Orthopedics Traumatology CHU Donka, Conakry, Guinea

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18203/issn.2455-4510.IntJResOrthop20232606

Keywords:

Traumatological emergencies, Epidemiology, Management

Abstract

Background: A trauma emergency is any aggression (direct or indirect) external to the body for which no therapeutic delay is allowed at the risk of endangering the patient's life or the functional prognosis of his limbs. The objective of this study was to report the results of the management of traumatological emergencies.

Methods: This was a descriptive cross-sectional study from 11 January 2021, to 11 July 2021. It focused on patients seen for traumatological emergencies in the CHU Ignace Deen Orthopaedics-Traumatology department.

Results: Trauma emergencies constitute 75.2% of admissions to the emergency department. The average age of the patients was 32.2 years, with extremes of 1 and 91 years. There was a predominance of 76.3% males with a ratio (M/F) of 3.2. Road traffic accidents were the most found aetiology in 82.9%, and motorcycles were involved in 68.7%. Limb fractures were found in 34.7%. The treatment time was ≤6 hours in 67.5%, and 203 patients received drug treatment, i.e., 49.7%.

Conclusions: Trauma emergencies constitute, by their frequency and seriousness, a real public health problem in Africa in general and in Guinea in particular.

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