Journal article
Distribution of pediatric hand fractures: age- and bone maturation-dependent differences
EMERGENCY RADIOLOGY, v 30(1)
Feb 2023
PMID: 36322223
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Abstract
Purpose To investigate the distribution and characteristics of fractures of bones of the hand on radiographs with respect to age and skeletal maturity of the fractured bone, and to identify predictors of surgery. Methods This cross-sectional, retrospective study included children (<= 18 years) with hand fractures who underwent radiographic examinations (2019-2021). Fracture location, presence of displacement (>= 2 mm), angulation (>= 10 degrees), articular extension, and if skeletally immature, then physeal involvement and Salter-Harris grade were recorded. Mann-Whitney U, Kruskal-Wallis, Fisher's exact, and chi-square tests as well as logistic regression analyses were used. Results Study group of 508 (350 boys, 158 girls; median age, 11.9 years) included 575 (63% phalangeal, 37% metacarpal, and 0.3% carpal) fractures. Younger children were more likely to sustain phalangeal and older children carpal and metacarpal fractures (median ages: 10.8 vs 12.3 and 13.8 years, p < 0.001); and fractures of the small finger accounted for 50% of metacarpal and 43% of phalangeal fractures. Fracture displacement (12% vs 22%, p = 0.02) and angulation (25% vs 49%, p < 0.001) were more common with mature than immature bones. A third of immature bones had physeal involvement and the most common pattern was Salter-Harris type II (89%). Surgical intervention was uncommon (11%) and independent predictors were displacement (OR = 3.99, 95% CI 1.95-8.19, p < 0.001) and articular extension (OR = 5.11, 95% CI 2.00-13.07, p < 0.001). Conclusion While younger children were more likely to sustain phalangeal than metacarpal fractures and less likely to have displacement and angulation when compared to older children; only displacement and articular extension were significant independent predictors of surgery.
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- Title
- Distribution of pediatric hand fractures: age- and bone maturation-dependent differences
- Publication Details
- EMERGENCY RADIOLOGY, v 30(1)
- Publisher
- SPRINGER HEIDELBERG; HEIDELBERG
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Drexel University
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000878031200001
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85141193769
- Other Identifier
- 991021861215404721
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- Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging