Review of Van earthquakes form an orthopaedic perspective: a multicentre retrospective study
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Review of Van earthquakes form an orthopaedic perspective: a multicentre retrospective study Savas Guner & Sukriye Ilkay Guner & Yasemin Isik & Gokay Gormeli & Ali Murat Kalender & Ugur Turktas & Mehmet Ata Gokalp & Abdurrahim Gozen & Mustafa Isik & Sezai Ozkan & Tulin Turkozu & Sevdegul Karadas & Mehmet Fethi Ceylan & Levent Ediz & Mehmet Bulut & Yusuf Gunes & Ayse Gormeli & Cemil Erturk & Metehan Eseoglu & Recep Dursun
Received: 4 October 2012 / Accepted: 19 November 2012 / Published online: 12 December 2012 # Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2012
Abstract Purpose This is a descriptive analysis, of victims of Turkey’s October 23, 2011 and November 21, 2011 Van earthquakes. The goal of this study is investigated the injury profile of the both earthquakes in relation to musculoskeletal trauma. S. Guner : U. Turktas : M. A. Gokalp : A. Gozen : M. F. Ceylan Department of Trauma and Orthopedic Surgery, Yuzuncu Yil University Medical School Hospital, Van, Turkey U. Turktas e-mail: [email protected] M. A. Gokalp e-mail: [email protected] A. Gozen e-mail: [email protected] M. F. Ceylan e-mail: [email protected] S. I. Guner School of Health, Yuzuncu Yil University, Van, Turkey e-mail: [email protected] Y. Isik Department of Anesthesiology, Yuzuncu Yil University Medical School Hospital, Van, Turkey e-mail: [email protected] G. Gormeli Department of Trauma and Orthopedic Surgery, Van Research and Education Hospital, Van, Turkey e-mail: [email protected] A. M. Kalender Department of Trauma and Orthopedic Surgery, Sutcu Imam University Medical School Hospital, Kahramanmaras, Turkey e-mail: [email protected]
Methods We retrospectively reviewed medical records of 3,965 patients admitted to in seven hospitals. A large share of these injuries were soft tissue injuries, followed by fractures, crush injuries, crush syndromes, nerve injuries, vascular injuries, compartment syndrome and joint dislocations. A total M. Isik Department of Trauma and Orthopedic Surgery, Gaziantep University Medical School Hospital, Gaziantep, Turkey e-mail: [email protected] M. Isik Van Ipekyolu State Hospital, Van, Turkey S. Ozkan Department of Trauma and Orthopedic Surgery, Mus State Hospital, Mus, Turkey e-mail: [email protected] T. Turkozu Department of Trauma and Orthopedic Surgery, Bitlis State Hospital, Bitlis, Turkey e-mail: [email protected] S. Karadas Department of Emergency Medicine, Yuzuncu Yil University Medical School Hospital, Van, Turkey e-mail: [email protected] L. Ediz Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Yuzuncu Yil University, Van, Turkey e-mail: [email protected] M. Bulut Department of Trauma and Orthopedic Surgery, Dicle University Medical School Hospital, Diyarbakir, Turkey e-mail: [email protected]
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of 73 crush injuries were diagnosed and 31 of them were developed compartment syndrome. Results The patients with closed undisplaced fractures were treated with casting braces. For closed unstable fractures with good skin and s
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