[Epidemiological scope of traditional gold panning with trauma in emergency service at Gabriel Touré teaching hospital].

Introduction: Traditional gold washing traumatism during traditional gold panningfalls within the scope of occupational accidents, which are common pathologies in developing countries such as Mali. to study traumatism during traditional gold panning.

Material And Method: A 1-year prospective study from November 2014 to November 2015 on the cases of traumatism during traditional gold washing (TOT) admitted to the emergency room(ER) of the University Hospital Gabriel Touré during the study period. Data were collected from outpatient visit records and medical charts. Data were collected on the survey sheets and analyzed with Epi-info version 7.1.1.0.fr software. Data entry was made with Windows 7 software.

Results: During the study period, 21,400 patients were admitted to the ER, of whom 445 patients were victims of traumatism, a frequency of 2.08% of all outpatient visits in the ER. The age group 21-40 years old was the most represented with 64.94% of the cases. The male gender was predominant with 77.08% of the cases with a sex ratio of 3.36. Mine landslides were the most common causality in 65.39% of the cases. Dorsal spine involvement was the most common with 41.80% of cases. Medullary vertebral fracture was the most frequent diagnosis with 43.82% of cases. In total, 79.55% of patients received medical treatment. Patients or were transferred to neurosurgery department in 58.20% of cases.

Conclusion: Traumatism during traditional gold panning is common. Lesions most often fit in a context of polytraumatism. The rapidity of the diagnosis and management are crucial to the prognosis of the disease.