title: Paediatric hand fractures.
abstract: This retrospective study reviews the demographics, morphology and management of paediatric hand fractures. Notes of all children with hand injuries attending a plastic surgery paediatric trauma clinic over a one-year period were reviewed. Non-bony injuries were excluded. A total of 303 fractures in 283 patients were included. Fracture incidence rose after the age of seven, peaking at 14 years of age; 76% of fractures occurred in males. Sporting injuries accounted for 47% of fractures. Physeal fractures were present in 39% of cases. Open fractures accounted for only 4% of all fractures. Management was primarily conservative. Only 5% of cases required surgical fixation; 6% of patients experienced complications.
authors: Department of Plastic Surgery, Frenchay Hospital, Bristol, UK.
authors: K
authors: K
authors: Young
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Greenwood
authors: A
authors: A
authors: MacQuillan
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Lee
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Wilson
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005592:Fracture Fixation; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D050276:Hand Bones / Q000293:injuries*; D006230:Hand Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012737:Sex Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: Paediatric; aetiology; epidemiology; fractures; hand