Clinical Outcomes and Predictors of Patients with Fracture in Debre Markos Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, North West Ethiopia: A Prospective Cohort Study

Table 3

TBS-related information and complications among patients with fracture in DMCSH, 2021.

Variables	Category	Frequency (%)
Reason to visit TBS	Traditional belief	64 (92.7)
	Low cost	3 (4.4)
	Fear of amputation	2 (2.9)
Treatment given by TBS	Bamboo splinting	27 (39.1)
	Massaging	16 (23.2)
	Massaging and splinting by cloth	17 (24.6)
	Herbal medicine and others	9 (13.1)
Types of complication	Joint stiffness	45 (45.5)
	Soft tissue infection	21 (21.2)
	Osteoarthritis	15 (15.2)
	Nonunion	9 (9.1)
	Malunion	7 (7.1)
	Osteomyelitis	7 (7.1)
	Compartment syndrome	5 (5.0)
	Volkmann’s contracture	2 (2.3)

Some patients had multiple complications.