, Ibrahim Karaman 2
, Alparslan Yazıcı 2
, Mithat Öner 3
, Mehmet Ekici 1
, Ibrahim Halil Kafadar 2
, Ibrahim Altun 1
, Mehmet Çavuş 4
, Murat Kahraman 1
, Ziya Emre Yalman 1
, Yiğit Umur Cirdi 5
, Alper Ozer 6
, Ramazan İlter Öztürk 7
, Kadir Tatlısu 8
, Sinan Oğuzkaya 9
, Eyüp Can Mazlum 1
, Sait Dalyan 1
, Ömer Can Ünlü 1
, Muhammed Melez 1
, Emre Şahbaz 2
2Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Erciyes University Faculty of Medicine, Kayseri, Turkey
3Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Memorial Hospital, Kayseri, Turkey
4Department of Hand Surgery, Kayseri City Training and Research Hospital, Kayseri, Turkey
5Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Yüksekova State Hospital, Hakkari, Turkey
6Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Silvan State Hospital, Diyarbakır, Turkey
7Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Nevşehir State Hospital, Nevşehir, Turkey
8Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Siverek State Hospital, Şanlıurfa, Turkey
9Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Şarkışla State Hospital, Sivas, Turkey
Abstract
Objective: Epidemiological studies can provide valuable guidance for the planning and improvement of healthcare services and medical education. In developing as well as developed countries, orthopedic interventions are considered basic health-care and there is very high demand. The aim of this study was to determine the distribution of orthopedic and traumatological surgical interventions performed at state hospitals in a province of Turkey and to calculate the number of orthopedic beds required for that population.
Materials and Methods: The data of all patients who underwent an orthopedic surgery at 2 state hospitals between March 1, 2019 and February 29, 2020 were reviewed. The interventions were grouped according to 11 types and assessed with details of age, sex, and length of hospitalization.
Results: In total, 6236 orthopedic surgical procedures were performed in 5971 hospitalizations. The average duration of hospitalization was 3.2±6.1 days, and the average daily bed requirement was 52.2 beds. The surgical procedures most fre-quently performed were due to hand injuries, gonarthrosis, and femur fractures. Approximately half of all of the procedures were due to trauma. In all, 54.3% of all orthopedic interventions and 66.7% of trauma cases were observed in male patients. Trauma cases were more common in spring and summer.
Conclusion: Approximately 2 trauma cases were observed per 1000 people in the population. The most common elective surgeries were arthroplasty and arthroscopic interventions, whereas the most frequent traumatological cases were hand injuries and femoral fractures.