Comparison of mean pain score by applying with and without skin traction in patients with hip fracture

Background: fractures of the proximal femur are generally referred to as fractures of the hip. femoral neck fracture and intertrochanteric fracture are both common in men & women about the same frequency. pain reduction during preop preparatory period is important in hip fracture patients. aim: to compare the mean pain score in patients with hip fractures treated with and without skin traction prior to undergoing surgical intervention. study design: randomized control trial. study setting: orthopedics,jinnah hospital,lahore,indoor patients and those admitted from er. methods: 100 patients presenting with hip fracture were included in the study. patients were divided randomly in with skin traction (group a) and without skin traction (group b) groups. group a comprising of 50 patients,with hip fracture had skin traction prior to undergoing surgical intervention. group b comprising of 50 patients,were managed without any skin traction prior to undergoing surgical intervention. student's t-test was used for comparison of mean postop pain in both groups. results: our study included 100 cases of fractures of the proximal femur in adults. mean age of subject. 39 sd 13.67 with minimum age was 26 years and maximum age was 74 years. 69% were male patients and 32% were female patients. 44% of fractures were of neck of femur,33% were pertrochantaric and 23% were subtrochantaric fractures. vas score of group a (with skin traction) was 2.5400 sd. 83812. in group b (without skin traction),50 patients were placed. mean preoperative vas score of group b (with skin traction) was 2.2400 sd. 91607 with minimum vas was 1 and maximum vas was 5. conclusion: the conclusion of the study is that routine use of skin traction in patients with hip fractures has no effect in reduction of pain preoperatively.