Table 5 Treatment of diaphyseal fractures in relation to patient’s sex and age
Diaphyseal fractures | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Non-surgical | Non-surgical | N-s with closed reduction | Surgical | Closed reduction under general anesthesia | K-wire and cerclage | Intramedullary nailing | Plate fixation | Screw fixation | Extern fixation | Not registered | |
Girls, n (%) | |||||||||||
Age | |||||||||||
0–3 | 15 (83) | 15 | 0 | 3 (17) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 (0) |
4–6 | 15 (94) | 15 | 0 | 1 (6) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (0) |
7–9 | 18 (86) | 17 | 1 | 1 (5) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (10) |
10–12 | 20 (69) | 19 | 1 | 5 (17) | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 (14) |
13–15 | 13 (68) | 13 | 0 | 5 (26) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 (5) |
Total | 81 (79) | 79 | 2 | 15 (15) | 2 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 (7) |
Boys, n (%) | |||||||||||
Age | |||||||||||
0–3 | 34 (100) | 32 | 2 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (0) |
4–6 | 26 (96) | 25 | 1 | 1 (4) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (0) |
7–9 | 22 (69) | 21 | 1 | 8 (25) | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 (6) |
10–12 | 33 (79) | 32 | 1 | 7 (17) | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 (5) |
13–15 | 45 (73) | 39 | 6 | 15 (24) | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 (3) |
Total | 160 (81) | 149 | 11 | 31 (16) | 1 | 4 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 6 (3) |