• Maria Fernanda Garcia-Rueda, Camilo Mendoza-Pulido, Juan Carlos Taborda-Aitken, Gustavo Becerra, Jose Luis Velasquez-Urrego, Julián David Rincón-Lozano, Martha Lorena Caicedo-Gutierrez, Alejandra Cristina Silva-Amaro, Laura Daniela Lorza-Toquica, Juan Andres Rodriguez-Lopez, Juliana Andrea Salazar-Sierra, Gabriel Andres Saravia-Hoyos, Jaime Alfredo Schuster-Wasserman, and Martha Patricia Valencia-Chamorro.
• Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Instituto Roosevelt, Carrera 4 east #17-50, Bogotá, Colombia. Electronic address: m-garciar@javeriana.edu.co.
• Injury. 2023 Nov 1; 54 Suppl 6: 110780110780.

IntroductionFractures in children and adolescents are a public health issue. However, reliable epidemiological descriptions of the South American population must be improved. This study aims to present epidemiological data on fractures from a children's orthopedic hospital in one of the five largest cities in Latin America.Patients And MethodsDescriptive epidemiological data from 2015 to 2019 were used to characterize children's fractures. Demographic variables, the number of fractured bones, high-energy trauma findings, fracture characteristics, fingertip injuries, and associated complications discriminated by the type of treatment are presented. Long bone fractures were classified according to the AO classification. All children less than 18 years of age were included.ResultsIn a population of 3,616 children, 4,596 fractures were identified. More boys than girls sustain a fractured bone, with ratios as high as 6:1 around 15 years old. Distal forearm fractures were the most common (31.9%), followed by distal humerus (20.2%). Most of the complications were related to these two sites of fractures. The OR of complications between surgical and conservative management was 2.86.ConclusionEpidemiological data of fractures from the authors' institution display the usual trending reported in most populations. Gender-related and age-related differences were relevant. Most fractures and complications are related to upper limb low-energy trauma. The most frequent are loss of ROM and loss of reduction.Level Of EvidenceLevel III - retrospective cohort study.Copyright © 2023 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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