Why Patients Patronize Traditional Bone Setters

Traditional bone setting is an old practice found almost in all communities of the world.1 In Turkey there is high degree of confidence in the bone-setter's art.2 In different categories of traditional healers the least rated were the diviners, traditional bone setters and pharmacists in Western Nigeria.3 Orthopaedic surgeons in developing countries are faced with diverse challenges posed by the complications resulting from management of fractures by the Traditional Bone Setters (TBS).4 Modern technology and modern orthopaedics treatment have made traditional bone setting obsolete in developed countries, the practice is still much with us in developing countries and in Africa in particular.1 This study was conceived with the objective of finding out why patients patronize the traditional bone setter despite the complication associated with it and to make recommendations.