Assessment of postoperative complications for patients undergoing orthopedics surgery at Al-Hilla teaching hospital

Abstract

Objective This study aimed to assess the complications that may occur in postoperative patients after orthopaedic surgery and find out the relationship between postoperative complications and other variables such as (age, gender, etc.).
Methods The sample of the study was a purposive sample of 100 adult patients who had orthopaedic surgeries in upper and lower extremities. The patients were observed and assessed after their admission for 5 days.
Results The results of this study indicated that a high percent of postoperative complications occurred in age between 18 and 27 years. The highest percentage (38%) of patients were smokers. Medications used had an effect on postoperative complications especially corticosteroids. The rate of infection among smokers was more compared to non-smoker patients, with significant relation.
Conclusion The demographic features of 100 postoperative patients indicated that the majority of the sample patients were males. The total score of complications in this study indicated that there was a significant relationship between some variables and postoperative complications at the following (age, smoking, other occupation, education level, and medications used).
Keywords postoperative complications, orthopaedic surgery, infection, haemorrhage