Maria Fernanda Garcia-Rueda, Camilo Mendoza-Pulido, Juan Carlos Taborda-Aitken, Gustavo Becerra, Jose Luis Velasquez-Urrego, Julián David Rincón-Lozano, Martha Lorena Caicedo-Gutierrez, Alejandra Cristina Silva-Amaro, Laura Daniela Lorza-Toquica, Juan Andres Rodriguez-Lopez, Juliana Andrea Salazar-Sierra, Gabriel Andres Saravia-Hoyos, Jaime Alfredo Schuster-Wasserman, Martha Patricia Valencia-Chamorro
INTRODUCTION: Fractures in children and adolescents are a public health issue. However, reliable epidemiological descriptions of the South American population must be improved. This study aims to present epidemiological data on fractures from a children's orthopedic hospital in one of the five largest cities in Latin America. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Descriptive epidemiological data from 2015 to 2019 were used to characterize children's fractures. Demographic variables, the number of fractured bones, high-energy trauma findings, fracture characteristics, fingertip injuries, and associated complications discriminated by the type of treatment are presented...
November 2023: Injury