Classification of X-ray forUpper Limbs Trauma

Abstract

The main objective of this study was to classify trauma which occur in upper limbs by using x-ray objectively. The data of this study collected from 53 patients examined by upper limbs X-ray in East Nile Hospital (Modern Hospital in Khartoum – Sudan) in the period from September 2014 to May 2015 using Digital Philips machine. The data were collected use measuring fracture healing and three variables patient height, weight, and body mass index.. The results of the study showed that male represent 58% of the patients whom suffer from upper limb fracture with male to female ratio of 1.4:1. Most of the fracture occurs due to road traffic accident (RTA) 34% then fall down 26%, fights 23% followed by sport 17%. RTA and fall down represented more than 60% of fracture causes. The healing process takes place earlier 87% which ranged from 0.02-1.4 which means the delay of examination make the reduction worse.In conclusion this result gives linear relationship between duration before x-ray and healing.