Evaluation of Foot and Ankle Trauma Registering to Emergency Department

Abstract

In this study, we aimed to evaluate the demographic data and injured tissue of the patients who applied to the emergency department with foot and ankle injuries and to reveal the relationship between them. This study was conducted by retrospectively evaluating the data of the patients who applied to the emergency department of a tertiary hospital during the two months between 01.01.2019-28.02.2019. The fractured bones were grouped as tibia, fibula, talus, calcaneus, cuboid bone, navicular bone, cuneiform bone and 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th metatarsal bones, and proximal phalanx. Trauma mechanisms were grouped as falling from a height, falling from the same level, beating, sports injury, traffic accident and sprain. Of the 133 patients included in the study, 68 (51.1%) were female. The age ranged between 1 and 78 years, with a median of 28. The most common bone fracture was the fibula (42.9%). Patients with calcaneus fracture had a higher age than those without fractures (median: 44, inter quartile range (IQR): 42-58, versus median: 26, IQR: 13-41.5) and patients with fifth metatarsal bone had a higher age than those without fractures (median: 41, IQR: 22.5-63.5, versus median: 24.5, IQR: 13-41) but patients with first metatarsal bone had a lower age than those without fractures (median: 12, IQR: 6-14, versus median: 32, IQR: 14-44) (Mann-Whitney U test, for calcaneus, p=0.003, for first metatarsal bone, p