Acta chirurgiae orthopaedicae
et traumatologiae Čechoslovaca

Acta Chir Orthop Traumatol Cech. 2019; 86(5):330-333 | DOI: 10.55095/achot2019/056

Study on the Effects of Sex and Age on Proximal Femoral Fractures in Two Culturally Diverse CountriesOriginal papers

L. ZELENKA^1,*, I. KNÍŽKOVÁ², D. LUKEŠOVÁ³, P. KUNC²

¹ Klinika ortopedie 1. lékařské fakulty Univerzity Karlovy a Ústřední vojenské nemocnice, Praha

² Výzkumných ústav živočišné výroby, v.v.i., Praha - Uhříněves

³ Katedra chovu zvířat a potravinářství v tropech, Fakulta tropického zemědělství, Česká zemědělská univerzita v Praze

PURPOSE OF THE STUDY:
The pilot study deals with the current situation in proximal femoral fractures in culturally diverse regions, namely in Afghanistan (AFG) and in the Czech Republic (CZ). The study aimed to find out whether there are any differences in proximal femoral fractures in dependence on the selected criteria between the two culturally diverse areas. The study used the data of patients who underwent surgery for proximal femoral fracture at the Department of Orthopaedics of the 1st Medical Faculty of the Charles University and the Military University Hospital and at the Military Base Hospital Kabul.

MATERIAL AND METHODS:
The study included patients aged 21 years or older who sustained a proximal femoral fracture in the period from October 2013 to February 2014. For the period concerned, the evaluation comprised 44 patients with a proximal femoral fracture from the Military Base Hospital Kabul, of whom 25 women and 19 men, and a total of 71 patients with a proximal femoral fracture from the Department of Orthopaedics of the 1st Medical Faculty of the Charles University and the Military University Hospital, of whom 43 women and 28 men. Based on the medical documentation, the following evaluation parameters were selected: age, sex, type of fracture. The data was processed using descriptive statistics, one-way and multifactorial analysis (ANOVA) and the POST-HOC test (Fisher LSD test, confidence interval = 95%)
RESULTS
The mean age of all the patients who suffered a fracture of proximal femur in AFG (58 years) was considerably lower (p < 0.001) than in patients in CZ (81 years). Similarly, a significant difference (p

Keywords: proximal femur, fracture, gender, age, Afghanistan, Czech Republic

Published: October 1, 2019  Show citation