@article{ref1,
title="Study on characteristics of fractures from road traffic accidents in 306 cases",
journal="Chinese journal of traumatology",
year="2002",
author="Hou, Shuxun and Zhang, Yunlong and Wu, Winston",
volume="5",
number="1",
pages="52-54",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: To investigate the characteristics of bone fractures from road traffic accidents and analyze their injury mechanisms so as to provide reference for the research and medical care of traffic trauma. METHODS: Three hundred and six patients with fractures from road traffic accidents were included into this study. A total of 507 fractures were identified and the injury mechanism, location distribution and frequency were analyzed. RESULTS: The most common location of fractures was the lower extremities, followed by the upper extremities, skull and maxillofacial region, and the rarest was the spine. A total of 56% of the patients suffered from multiple fractures. The fractures of the patella, femur and pelvis and the fractures of the olecranon, humerus and shoulder often happened simultaneously. CONCLUSIONS: The injury mechanisms can be classified into four types: impact, incoordinate movement, stretch injury and crush and extrusion. The fractures from traffic accidents have the following characteristics: centrifugal distribution of the injuries, multiple fractures, force transmission and ipsilateral occurrence.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1008-1275",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}