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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