Pediatric Hand Fracture Referring Practices: A Scoping Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Pediatric hand fractures are common, but few require surgery; therefore, these fractures are often perceived to be overreferred. Our objective is to systematically identify and describe pediatric hand fracture referring practices.

Method

A scoping review was performed, searching electronic databases and grey literature up to January 2018 to identify referring practices for children (17 years and younger) with hand fractures (defined as radiographically confirmed fractures distal to the carpus) to hand surgeons. All study designs were included, and study selection and data extraction were independently performed in duplicate by 2 reviewers. Outcomes included referring rates, necessity of referral, referring criteria, and management of fractures.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Hartley RL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6851727 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature