Authors : Ravi H Rangareddy, Ravi H Rangareddy, Palakshiah L , Palakshiah L
DOI : 10.18231/j.ijos.2020.063
Volume : 6
Issue : 4
Year : 2020
Page No : 347-350
Background: Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) is the formation of a blood clot in a deep vein most commonly in the legs or pelvis. There are many reports about deep vein thrombosis from Western regions but few reports are from India.
Objectives: The purpose of the present study is to reveal the incidence of deep vein thrombosis in postoperative hip fracture patients in tertiary care hospital chitradurga. Materials and Methods: Sixty nine patients who had intertrochanteric fracture or femoral neck fracture are included. They had fixation or hemiarthroplasty performed depends upon the indications. Bilateral Venography was performed on sixth day to tenth day after the surgery.
Results: The positive venography result was 50.7%. These includes 5 distal (14.2%), 28 (80%) proximal and 2 (5.7%) bilateral DVT. The incidence of combined proximal and bilateral DVT were therefore 56.5%. of 35 patients with DVT, only 8 (22.8%) patients had signs or symptoms suggestive of DVT.
Conclusion: Intertrochanteric and femoral neck fracture is a common type of hip fracture in the elderly, and the incidence of DVT after Intertrochanteric and femoral neck fracture may be underestimated. Early intervention (early admission and early surgery) might reduce the incidence of DVT.
Keywords: Deep vein thrombosis, Incidence, Intertrochanteric fracture.