Evaluation of Children with Extremity Fracture Occurred as a Result of Motor Vehicle Injury
Abstract
Aim: The aim of the study was to examine and evaluate patients with extremity fractures who admitted to the Pediatric emergency service due to a motor vehicle accident, whether there was any accompanying additional organ injury, and fracture patterns according to the severity of the trauma.
Material and Method: The study was conducted between January 2015 and 2020 retrospectively. Relevant data were analyzed with IBM SPSS V23 statistics.
Results: Of the 205.710 patients who admitted to Pediatric emergency service in the course of this study, 1.378 (0.66%) experienced motor vehicle injuries. 161 (0.08%) of these cases were evaluated on the grounds of extremity fractures. Mean age of the cases were 133 months (minimum: 3, maximum: 2018 months) and 90 (56%) cases were male. Trauma type was mostly outside-vehicle traffic accident (50%). 55% of the cases were severe mechanism of injury. The most common lower extremity fracture type was the tibia (26%) fracture. The most common fractures in the upper extremity were humerus (16%) and radius (16%) fractures. Of the patients with pelvis fracture, 65% had other types of organ injuries (p<0,05). Surgical treatment was admitted to 68% of those with femoral fractures and 43% of those with tibia fractures (p <0.05). While lower extremity fractures were more common in outside-vehicle traffic accident (66%) and motorcycle accident (60%), upper extremity fracture was more common in intra-vehicle traffic accident (54%) (p <0.05).
Conclusion: Since the literature evaluating the extremity fractures in motor vehicle accidents is very limited, relevant data are also very limited. Extremity fractures that occur especially after motor vehicles are an important cause of injuries and deaths, and impose a heavy burden upon both families and the government in terms of hospital stay and hospital costs.
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Details
Primary Language
English
Subjects
Health Care Administration
Journal Section
Research Article
Publication Date
August 31, 2021
Submission Date
July 19, 2021
Acceptance Date
August 30, 2021
Published in Issue
Year 2021 Volume: 9 Number: 2