TY  - JOUR
TI  - Distribution of Orthopedic Surgery Interventions: 
Evaluation of 6236 Cases
AB  - 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 healthcare 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 frequently 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.
AU  - Atahan, Mehmet Okan
AU  - Karaman, Ibrahim
AU  - Sayer, Gokhan
AU  - Yazıcı, Alparslan
AU  - Şahbaz, Emre
AU  - Atasoy, Halid
AU  - Güvercin, Yasin semih
AU  - KAFADAR, İbrahim Halil
AU  - Mazlum, Eyüp Can
AU  - Okur, Kürşat Tuğrul
AU  - ALTUN, İBRAHİM
AU  - Yalman, Ziya Emre
AU  - Ünlü, Ömer Can
AU  - melez, Muhammed
AU  - Ozer, Alper
AU  - Tatlısu, Kadir
AU  - Dalyan, Sait
AU  - Öztürk, Ramazan İlter
AU  - Günay, Ali Eray
AU  - Öner, Mithat
AU  - Kahraman, Murat
AU  - ekici, mehmet
AU  - Çavuş, Mehmet
AU  - Cırdı, Yiğit Umur
AU  - oguzkaya, sinan
DO  - 10.14744/etd.2021.05873
PY  - 2022
JO  - Erciyes Medical Journal
VL  - 44
IS  - 2
SN  - 2149-2247
SP  - 173
EP  - 177
DB  - TRDizin
UR  - http://search/yayin/detay/530717
ER  -