Frequency of Micro-Organisms Isolated from Culture Reports of Extremities’ Open Fractures |Biomedgrid

Introduction: Open fractures still represent a major challenge for the treating surgeon and frequently demand an array of complex procedures to achieve an undisturbed healing with adequate limb function. The incidence of infection in open fractures varies considerably in the literature. Spencer et al. [1] showed an overall incidence of infection in open fractures to be about 10.4% whereas Weitz-Marshall and Bosse found infection rates between 0% and 50%. Objective: To determine the frequency of micro-organisms from culture reports of open fractures of extremities. Materials and Methods: This was a Descriptive cross-sectional study conducted at Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Lady Reading Hospital, Peshawar in which a total of 162 presented with open fracture having duration of fracture more than 5 days. Duration of study was 06 months. Total sample size were162 keeping 12%5 proportion of E.Coli in open fractures with 95% confidence Interval, 5% level of significance and 5% margin of error calculated on WHO Sample Size Calculator. The sample technique was Consecutive non-probability sampling.