Lower limb injuries secondary to hoeing machine accidents

• Main Authors: Ali Gulec, Fatih Durgut, Ali Ozdemir, Ahmet Yildirim, Bahattin Kerem Aydin
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Society of TURAZ AKADEMI 2019-03-01
• Series: Medicine Science
• Subjects: Hoeing machine; knee dislocation; agricultural injury; fracture
• Online Access: http://www.ejmanager.com/fulltextpdf.php?mno=10476

Agricultural accidents are important for Turkey as more than 20 million people are involved in agriculture. The aim of this study was to evaluate orthopaedic lower limp injuries related to hoeing machine from a trauma centre localized in Middle Anatolia Region. 15 patients who hospitalized for hoeing machine were included to study due to lower limp injuries between April 2012 and May 2017. All the medical records were scanned retrospectively to evaluate the demographic, epidemiologic characteristics of patients, cause of accidents, type of injury, duration of hospital stay and also hospital costs were evaluated retrospectively . According to database, fifteen patients were hospitalised for lower limp injuries (14 were male, 1 female). The mean age was 45.2 (19-64) years old. The most frequent injury was tibia fracture (64 %). The mean hospital stay time was 14 days (between 1and 53). The mean cost was 11.140,16 (500 and 27.115,08) Turkish Liras. The rate of knee dislocation was 26 %. Most prevalent injury was tibia fracture. Simple precautions can be effective for preventing this kind of injuries. Meticulous examination is important as the rate of knee dislocation is high in these types of traumas. [Med-Science 2019; 8(1.000): 7-10]