Table 1 The comparison of the characteristics of the patients, injuries, fractures and treatment between the beginning of the study period (2008–2010) and the end of the period (2017–2019)
From: Increase in surgical fixation of pediatric midshaft clavicle fractures since 2008
2008-2010 | 2017-2019 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
N (%) | N (%) | p-value* | |
All patients | 27 | 87 | |
Patient characteristics | |||
Age (Mean (SD)) | 5.5 (4.2) | 8.5 (4.7) | 0.01 |
Sex | |||
Male | 20 (74.1) | 63 (72.4) | 0.5 |
Injury mechanism | |||
Sports injury | 2 (7.4) | 23 (26.4) | 0.04 |
Traffic injury | 2 (7.4) | 11 (12.6) | 0.5 |
Fall <1m | 18 (66.7) | 44 (50.6) | 0.1 |
Fall >1m | 5 (18.5) | 9 (10.3) | 0.2 |
Fracture characteristics | |||
Displacement | |||
Sideway (mm (SD)) | 6.9 (2.1) | 9.7 (1.1) | 0.3 |
> bone thickness | 7 (70.0) | 23 (54.8) | 0.5 |
Shortening (Mean (SD)) | 8.2 (1.7) | 13.2 (1.9) | 0.2 |
Shortening > 15mm | 0 (0) | 8 (27.6) | 0.3 |
Angulation | 27.7 (2.7) | 27.3 (1.7) | 0.9 |
Treatment | |||
Surgical fixation | 0 (0) | 14 (16.1) | 0.04** |
Number of follow-up visits (Mean (SD)) | 0.8 (0.1) | 1.1 (0.1) | 0.1 |
Number of follow-up radiographs (Mean (SD)) | 1.4 (0.5) | 1.7 (1.2) | 0.1 |
Time to free mobilization (weeks) (Mean (SD)) | 2.4 (0.4) | 3.4 (0.6) | 0.4 |