Influence of Obesity in Children with Supracondylar Humeral Fractures Requiring Surgical Treatment at a Tertiary Pediatric Trauma Center.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Almost everywhere in the world, childhood obesity is becoming a serious public health problem with negative effects on both children's health and society as a whole. The main objective of this study was to determine whether obesity has an effect on the severity of supracondylar humerus fracture in children, regardless of whether it is a low- or high-energy trauma.

Methods

The electronic records of patients treated for the supracondylar fracture of the humerus in the ten-year period from 1 January 2013 to 1 January 2023 were reviewed retrospectively.

Results

In the observed period, 618 children, including 365 (59.06%) boys and 253 (40.94%) girls, were hospitalized and treated surgically with the diagnosis of supracondylar fracture. The distributions accordin

SUBMITTER: Baskovic M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10298723 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature