Epidemiological analysis of brachial plexus injury in the Xinjiang region trauma center
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1001-2036.2014.04.008
- VernacularTitle:新疆地区创伤人群中臂丛损伤的流行病学分析
- Author:
Wei WANG
;
Abulaiti ALIMUJIANG
;
Meihua SHEN
;
Yafei LIU
;
Chunxiao YUAN
;
Yusufu AIHEMAITIJAN
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Brachial plexus injuries;
Epidemiology;
Xinjiang
- From:
Chinese Journal of Microsurgery
2014;37(4):348-351
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To investigate the brachial plexus injury patients regional and national characteristics,epidemiological characteristics.Methods Reference to foreign brachial plexus injury epidemiology survey methodology,retrospective analysis of five representative hospitalsthe trauma center in Urumqi,Xinjiang during January 2010 and May 2013 were treated 166 cases of patients with brachial plexus injury medical records.Results The incidence rate of brachial plexus injury was 1.17％ in this 5 trauma center.From 20 to 49 age group accounted for 69.87％,the ratio of male to female was 4.53:1.Workers and farmers accounted for 51.8％,Uygur,Han accounted for respectively 62.04％,24.69％.Kashi,Aksu,Urumqi accounted for respectively 22.89％,12.04％,8.43％.Motor vehicle accidents,high-altitude fall injury and injuries caused by birth trauma accounted for respectively 33.73％,31.92％ and 9.67％.Injury type:root,trunk,bundle/bundle branch injury cases accounted for respectively 28.91％,27.10％,40.36％.Conclusion Brachial plexus injury occurs mainly in young men with low income,motor vehicle accidents,and high-altitude fall injury are dangerous injury factors,different nationalities,different areas occurs constitutes obvious difference,neonatal birth trauma caused by brachial plexus injury constitute relatively high.
