Research Article
[Retracted] Investigating the Association between Orthopedic Fractures and Head Injury due to Road Traffic Accidents
Table 1
The demographic characteristics of the road traffic accident-related head injuries associated with orthopedic fractures.
| Characteristics | No. (%) |
| Gender | Male | 117 (92.1) | Female | 10 (7.9) | Age category (years) | Less than 18 | 40 (31.5) | 18-29 | 59 (46.5) | 30–45 | 15 (11.8) | More than 45 | 13 (10.2) | Weekend admission | Yes | 39 (30.7) | No | 88 (69.3) | Critical care unit admission | Yes | 6 (4.7) | No | 121 (95.3) | Discharge condition | Improved | 117 (92.1) | Not improved | 10 (7.9) | Mortality | Alive | 123 (96.9) | Dead | 4 (3.1) | Hospital length of stay (days) | Short (0-5) | 12 (9.4) | Medium (6-10) | 15 (11.8) | Long (≥11) | 100 (78.7) | Associated nonorthopedic injury | Yes | 44 (34.6) | No | 83 (65.4) |
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