HIP FRACTURE

Abstract

Objectives: To compare mean pain score between skin traction versus withoutskin traction in cases presenting with hip fracture. Study Design: Multi-randomized controlledstudy. Setting: Department of Orthopaedics, Chandka Medical College Hospital Larkana andQazi Hussain Ahmad Medical Complex, Nowshera. Period: 1st October 2016 to 31st March2017. Materials and Methods: A total of 100 cases (50 in two groups) between 18-60 years ofage including both genders presenting with unilateral femur fracture within 72 hours of injurywere enrolled in this study. They were divided in two groups i.e. study and control group, studygroup was allotted to the cases undergoing traction while control was those without using skintraction. Intramuscular diclofenac sodium injection (75 gm) was used in all participants andfollowed up for two tablets of paracetamol (500 mg) on 8 hourly basis. Visual analogue scaleto record pain score, 0 was no pain and 10 was the severe pain, it was recorded at 24 hoursof application of traction and second measurement was recorded just few minutes before thesurgery is done. Results: In this study, mean age was calculated as 48.74+9.12 years, agerange was 18-60 years. Male participants were in majority by calculating 64% (n=32) in Studyand 58% (n=29) in control group while female cases were 36% (n=18) in cases and 42%(n=21) in control group. Mean pain score at 24 hours of traction in study and control group wasrecorded as 4.60+0.70 in study group and 5.30+0.82 in control group (P = 0.0553), showsa significant difference. Conclusion: Mean pain score is significantly reduced during first 24hours of application of skin traction as compared to those without it in cases with hip fractures,however, it has no significant effect on pain after 24 hours of application.