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Incidence of long bone fractures among diabetic patients | |
Dr. Mahesh Ghakke, Dr. Vamshi Kiran Badam, Dr. Manjusha | |
Background: Diabetes is an increasingly prevalent disease, with significant associated morbidity and mortality. Hence; the present study was conducted for assessing the Incidence of long bone fractures among diabetic patients. Materials & methods: A total of 500 patients with type 2 diabetes were screened in the present study. All the patients belonged to the age range of 40 to 80 years. In all the patients, the duration of diabetes was more than 5 years. Complete demographic and clinical details of all the patients was obtained. A Performa was made and complete clinical details of all the patients was recorded separately. All the patients were asked about history of fractures involving long bones in the last 5 years. All the results were recorded in Microsoft excel sheet and was subjected to statistical analysis using SPSS software. Results: A total of 500 subjects were screened. Fractures of long bone within past 5 years was seen in 39 percent of the patients. Mean duration of diabetes among patients with and without fracture was 10.3 years and 4.9 years respectively. Significant results were obtained while correlating occurrence of fracture with duration of diabetes. Among patients with history of fractures, mean age was 56.3 years while 62.05 percent of the patients were males. Conclusion: Diabetic patients are associated with significant quantity of long fractures. The underlying pathogenesis of the higher fracture rate observed in diabetic patients remains ill-defined. |
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