ANALYTICAL PILOT PROJECT ON ?POSER-PEDIATRIC ORTHOPAEDIC SURGERIES BASED ON ETIOLOGY RETROSPECTIVELY? AT A TERTIARY REFERRAL HEATH CARE CENTER IN NORTH EASTERN INDIA

Introduction: The various pediatric problems encountered in children fall into the categories of trauma, metabolic disorders, infections and congenital groups etc. The management of these conditions varies from medical to surgical or both, based on requirements of the presenting problem. Aim: The study aims at finding out the demographic profile and aetiology of various paediatric orthopaedic problems for which surgical interventions are undertaken at North Eastern Indira Gandhi regional Institute of Health & Medical sciences (NEIGRIHMS), Shillong. Materials and Methods: The retrospective study for ?POSER-Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgeries Based on Etiology Retrospectively? at a tertiary referral heath care center in North Eastern India was conducted encompassing the period of six years from January?2012-December?2017 in the Orthopaedics department at North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health & Medical Sciences (NEIGRIHMS), Shillong, India. Patients who underwent various Orthopaedic surgeries in the age group upto 18 years were evaluated. Patients who underwent surgeries multiple times due to some complication related to the previous intervention or the disease itself were excluded while numbering them in collecting the data. Conclusion: Our study has highlighted various paediatric orthopaedic disorders based on etiology and their gender as may be found in a setting of a tertiary health care facility for which surgical interventions are required. This revelation may go a long way in designing the pediatric surgery training curriculum for the medical students undergoing training in the subspecialty of paediatric orthopaedics and also to formulate preventive strategies for problems wherever applicable. However, more detailed prevalence of various childhood bone and joint as reflected through data of our patients and to plan out pediatric orthopaedic health care facility in a region. dirsorders may help in formulating training modules for the medical students