[Evaluation Of Monitoring Of Patients In Plaster At The Sanoyah Clinic].

UNLABELLED: The aim of our study was to evaluate the follow-up of patients in plaster in our facility.

MATERIALS AND

METHODS

The Sanoyah Clinic (Guinea) served as the setting for this study. It was a 24-month prospective descriptive and analytical study. Patients who had given their consent and who had received cast immobilisation were included. Patients who did not receive cast immobilisation or who were lost to follow-up were not included in the study. Stable lesions were immobilised in the plaster cast room, while unstable and intractable lesions were immobilised in the operating theatre under image intensifier control. Results were assessed according to our own criteria after a mean follow-up of 5.8 months.

RESULTS

The study involved 82 patients, 58 of whom were men. Fractures of the leg and forearm were most frequently observed. The cruropedic cast accounted for 51.2%. The average duration of immobilisation was 39 days, and malunion was the most common complication.

CONCLUSION

Monitoring patients in plaster casts is a medical exercise that requires effort on the part of all nursing staff. Patient education and information are necessary in this monitoring.