A review of the epidemiology and treatment of orthopaedic injuries after earthquakes in developing countries

Table 3 Type of initial treatment of 1260 orthopaedic injuries sustained in earthquakes, by study

Study	Debridement	CR/casting/CRIF	ORIF	External fixation	Amputation
Vaiysa et al. [24]	24	11	43	9	15
Guner et al. [15]	166	138	117	37	12
Gormeli et al. [8]	45	29	30	22	7
Bar-On et al. [14]	91	27	18	73	23
Phalkey et al. [10]	87	100	93	5	38
Total	413 (33%)	305 (24%)	301 (24%)	146 (12%)	95 (7.5%)

Abbreviations: CR closed reduction, CRIF closed reduction/internal fixation, ORIF open reduction/internal fixation

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