ArticleJournal of orthopaedic surgery and research2019
Hand fracture epidemiology and etiology in children-time trends in Malmö, Sweden, during six decades.
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- Closed reduction of severely angulated Rockwood and Wilkins' type C thumb Metacarpal Base fractures in children: case series.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2021Article
- Radiographic characterization of acute scaphoid fractures in children under 11 years of age.Pediatric radiology · 2021Article
- Pediatric scaphoid fracture: diagnostic performance of various radiographic views.Emergency radiology · 2021Article
- Time trends in pediatric hand fracture incidence in Malmö, Sweden, 1950-2016.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe aim of this study was to describe hand fracture epidemiology/etiology in city children and describe time trend during six decades. PATIENTS AND
methodsA single hospital serves the entire city population of 271,271 (year 2005). Through the hospital medical and radiological archives, we collected epidemiology and etiology data concerning pediatric (age < 16 years) hand fractures in city residents, treated during 2005-2006. We compared these data to previously collected data in in the same city during 12 evaluated periods from 1950/1955 to 1993-1994. We present period-specific crude and age- and gender-adjusted fracture incidence rates and group differences as incidence rate ratios (RR) with 95% confidence intervals (95% CI).
resultsIn 2005-2006, we identified 414 hand fractures (303 in boys and 111 in girls), 247 phalangeal fractures (60% of all hand fractures), 140 metacarpal/carpal fractures (except the scaphoid bone) (34%), and 27 scaphoid fractures (6%). The crude hand fracture rate in children was 448/100,000 person years (639/100,000 in boys and 247/100,000 in girls), with a 2.5 times higher age-adjusted incidence in boys than in girls. Compared to 1950/1955, the age and gender-adjusted hand fracture incidence was twice as high in 2005-2006 and more than twice as high in 1976-1979. Compared to 1976-1979, we found no significant difference in the age and gender-adjusted hand fracture incidence in 2005-2006. In 2005-2006, sports injuries explained 42%, fights 20%, and traffic accidents 13% of the hand fractures. In 1950/1955, sports injuries explained 27% of fractures, fights 10%, and traffic accidents 21%.
conclusionsThe incidence of hand fractures in children was more than twice as high in the end of the 1970s compared to the 1950s, where after no significant change could be found. Also, fracture etiology has changed. New studies are needed, to adequately allocate health care resources and identify new fracture prone activities suitable for preventive measures. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: III.
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