Surgical and Nonsurgical Pediatric Hand Fractures: A Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT: Pediatric hand fractures are common and approximately 10% require surgery.

Methods

This retrospective cohort study reports on hand fractures in a large pediatric population and identifies the characteristics and patterns of fractures that required surgical correction. A χ² analysis was done to evaluate the association between individual fracture variables and surgery. The STROBE checklist was applied.

Results

One thousand one-hundred seventy-three hand fractures were reviewed. Peak age was 16 years for boys and 14 years for girls. Most fractures were closed (96.0%) and nonrotated (91.3%), and had no concomitant soft tissue injury (72.7%). More than half (56.3%) were nonepiphyseal plate fractures; yet as a single diagnosis, Salter-Harris II fractures were most commo

SUBMITTER: Hartley RL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7253283 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature