Girl predominance in trampoline-related forearm shaft fractures and their increasing incidence since 2000

Autor: Markus Stöckell, Ella Pikkarainen, Tytti Pokka, Juha-Jaakko Sinikumpu
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, Vol 24, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1471-2474
DOI: 10.1186/s12891-023-06241-z
Popis: Abstract Background There are reports of increasing incidence of forearm shaft fractures in children. Their treatment has been preferably nonoperative but surgical fixation has gained popularity due to elastic stable intramedullary nailing. We aimed to study whether the incidence of pediatric both-bone forearm shaft fractures and their operative care have changed since year 2000. Trampoline injuries, in particular, and their treatment, re-displacement and short-term outcomes were the secondary outcomes of the study. Methods A population-based study in the geographic catchment area of Oulu University Hospital district in 20-years of time period (2000 – 2019) was performed. Altogether 481 diaphyseal both-bone forearm fractures in children (
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