[The causes of disability in injuries to the locomotor apparatus]. / Prichiny invalidnosti pri povrezhdeniiakh oporno-dvigatel'nogo apparata.

Statistical data for the period from 1985 to 1990 showed rise of primary invalidity due to traumas in most regions of the Ukraine. Taking into consideration the ratio of fractures in trauma structure we have analyzed invalidity on account of this kind of pathology. Retarded consolidation, multiple fractures and spine fractures are the main causes. Men aged below 45 prevailed among invalids. In 25.2% of invalids consolidation of both closed and open fractures was complicated by osteomyelitis. The second invalidity group was established in most cases (75.1%). This figure corresponds to mean statistical data in the Ukraine.