• Der Unfallchirurg · Dec 2021

    [Imaging after trauma in clinics and practice for children and adolescents : Part 1 of the results of a nationwide online survey of the Pediatric Traumatology Section of the German Trauma Society].

    • Klaus Dresing, Ralf Kraus, Francisco Fernandez, Peter Schmittenbecher, Kaya Dresing, Peter Strohm, Christopher Spering, and Sektion Kindertraumatologie der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Unfallchirurgie.
    • Klinik für Unfallchirurgie, Orthopädie und Plastische Chirurgie, Universitätsmedizin Göttingen, Robert-Koch-Str. 40, 37099, Göttingen, Deutschland. klaus.dresing@med.uni-goettingen.de.
    • Unfallchirurg. 2021 Dec 16.

    BackgroundThe indication for radiography should strictly follow the ALARA (as low as reasonably achievable) principle in pediatric and adolescent trauma patients. The effect of radiation on the growing sensitive tissue of these patients should not be disregarded.QuestionThe Pediatric Traumatology Section (SKT) of the German Trauma Society (DGU) wanted to clarify how the principle is followed in trauma care.MethodsAn online survey was open for 10 weeks. Target groups were trauma surgeons, pediatric surgeons, general surgeons, and orthopedic surgeons.ResultsFrom Nov. 15, 2019, to Feb. 29, 2020, 788 physicians participated: branch office 20.56%, MVZ 4.31%, hospital 75.13%; resident 16.62%, senior 38.07%, chief 22.59%. By specialist qualification, the distribution was: 38.34% surgery, 33.16% trauma surgery, 36.66% special trauma surgery, 70.34% orthopedics and trauma surgery, 18.78% pediatric surgery. Frequency of contact with fractures in the above age group was reported as 37% < 10/month, 27% < 20/M, 36% > 20/M. About 52% always request radiographs in 2 planes after acute trauma. X-ray of the opposite side for unclear findings was rejected by 70%. 23% use sonography regularly in fracture diagnosis. In polytrauma children and adolescents, whole-body CT is never used in 18%, rarely in 50%, and standard in 14%.DiscussionThe analysis shows that there is no uniform radiological management of children and adolescents with fractures among the respondents.ConclusionComparing the results of the survey with the consensus findings of the SKT recently published in this journal, persuasion is still needed to change the use of radiography in primary diagnosis.© 2021. The Author(s).

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