Epidemiological profile of extremity fractures in victims of motorcycle accidents.
OBJECTIVE
Show the epidemiological profile of limb fractures in victim of motorcycle accident seen at the Emergency Department of Hospital Universitário Evangélico de Curitiba (HUEC), Curitiba, PR, Brazil, from January 2007 to December 2013, as well as to compare the results with data from the literature.


METHODS
This is a retrospective, descriptive, observational study. The information was obtained from the analysis of all the medical records from January 2007 to December 2013 belonging to the hospital archives. Only extremity fractures cases from motorcycle accident victims were analyzed, according to the medical records and radiological reports. The ICD-10 was used as classification criterion, and the fractures were grouped depending on the topography of the injury. The following variables were considered: number of victims, gender, age and fracture site, in order to create a database to contrast with the literature.


RESULTS
During seven years, 3,528 motorcycle accident victims have been identified, 88.29% being male, whereas 11.71% being female. The average age of the victims was 29.7 years old, observing a strong inverse correlation between the number of victims and their ages. There has been 4,365 fractures, being 59.66% in lower limbs and 40.34% in upper limbs. From that total, 18.14% were leg fractures, 11.57% were hand fractures and 10.65% were wrist fractures.


CONCLUSIONS
This study has met its objectives and the results were similar to the national literature. Level of Evidence II, Retropective Study.
Hospital Universitário Evangélico de Curitiba, Curitiba, PR, Brazil, Hospital Universitário Evangélico de Curitiba, Curitiba, PR, Brazil.
Flamarion Dos Santos
Fdos S
Batista
Faculdade Evangélica do Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brazil, Faculdade Evangélica do Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brazil.
Leandro Oliveira
LO
Silveira
Faculdade Evangélica do Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brazil, Faculdade Evangélica do Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brazil.
Jesús José André Quintana
JJ
Castillo
Faculdade Evangélica do Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brazil, Faculdade Evangélica do Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brazil.
Jady Elen
JE
de Pontes
Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brazil, Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brazil.
Luz Delícia Castillo
LD
Villalobos
Accidents, traffic; Fractures, bone; Motorcycles