The initial analysis of pediatric fractures according to the AO/OTA fracture classification and mechanisms of injuries

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The epidemiology of pediatric fractures has been changing timely, in a multifactorial fashion. The aim of this study was to put forward a recent 5-year epidemiological analysis of pediatric fractures, according to the current AO/OTA fracture classifi- cation, in the current decade of action for road safety. METHODS: A total of 3261 pediatric patients who were diagnosed with at least one fracture related with orthopedics and trau- matology in a level-one trauma center were included in this retrospective and epidemiological descriptive study. The patients were grouped according to their ages as follows;