Prevalence of tibial plateau fractures in patients of a public hospital in Piauí

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence of tibial plateau fractures in internal patients at a Public Hospital of Piauí. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Fifty medical records with Tibial Plateau Fractures from January 2017 to January 2018 were analyzed. The analysis instrument was a questionnaire composed of relevant information, such as: sex, age, race, injury mechanism, types of fracture and affected side, for data collection. For data analysis we used descriptive statistics with calculations of means, standard deviation and absolute and relative frequencies. RESULTS: The highest incidence of fractures was in males (72%). The mean age of the patients was 38 ± 13.86 years, mainly victims of automobile accidents (66%), with the right side most affected (70%) with the highest incidence of oblique fracture (48%). CONCLUSION: there is a higher prevalence of fractures of the tibial plateau in males, aged 19-29 years, victim of automobile accidents, with oblique fractures.