Aspects of Epidemiology and Treatment of Supracondylar Fractures of the Humerus in Children in South-Eastern Romania

Abstract

Abstract Supracondylar fractures are frequently encountered in childre and have a high prevalence of associated complications. Supracondylar fractures, due to their frequency, aspect and the serious health problems that can result, require a rapid and precise intervention, based on a well-defined evaluation methodology In this paper, we assess the epidemiology and the management of supracondylar fractures treated within the Surgery and Pediatric Orthopedics Clinic of the Emergency County Hospital of Constanta. We conducted a retrospective study on 222 pediatric patients with supracondylar fractures of the humerus during between 2019 and 2021 treated in County Clinical Emergency Hospital of Constanta. The data was collected from the medical records of the patients recorded on the Clinic of Pediatric Surgery and Pediatric Orthopedics. We obtained a higher percentage of males with fractures (60%). Falling from the same level was the main cause of fracture, followed at close distance by fall from different level, other causes, among which car accidents being observed less in our study.