Available online 2018-12-31, published 2018-12-31, Korean Herb. Med. Inf. 2018;22(2)

일개 한방병원 골절환자의 특성 분석

Analysis of clinical features of patients with fractures in a Korean medicine hospital

Author : 조나영(Jo Na-Young)

Abstract
Objective
This study was aimed to obtain epidemiological information of fracture patients treated with Korean medicine.
Methods
The medical records of 316 fracture patients treated at the Korean medicine Hospital from March 1, 2012
to June 30, 2017 were analyzed. Careful investigations were done by categorizing these patients by their
gender and age, cause and region of fracture, western medical treatment, hospitalization period, Korean medical
treatment type, etc.
Results
The highest percentage of causes of fracture was traffic accidents( 45% ). The fracture of lumbar vertebra
was the most common(20%). 30% of the patients received splint or plaster cast treatment at the Orthpedics.
The most hospitalization period was 3-4 weeks(27%). Almost all patients received Chinese medicine(99.4%)
and acupuncture treatment(98.7%).
Conclusions
This study presented the characteristics of fracture patients treated by Korean medicine. Based on this study,
further advanced study of Korean medical fracture treatments is needed.

Keyword: Characteristics, Orthpedics, Bone, Korean medicine

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