From: Clinical analysis of 1301 children with hand and foot fractures and growth plate injuries
Fractures sites | Infants | Preschool children | School children | Adolescents | Total | |||||
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No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | |
1st phalanx | 32 | 13.68% | 72 | 15.35% | 22 | 7.64% | 12 | 7.89% | 138 | 12.07% |
 Proximal phalanx | 7 | 2.99% | 19 | 4.05% | 10 | 3.47% | 9 | 5.92% | 45 | 3.94% |
 Distal phalanx | 25 | 10.68% | 53 | 11.30% | 12 | 4.17% | 3 | 1.97% | 93 | 8.14% |
2nd phalanx | 34 | 14.53% | 70 | 14.93% | 34 | 11.81% | 9 | 5.92% | 147 | 12.86% |
 Proximal phalanx | 5 | 2.14% | 11 | 2.35% | 10 | 3.47% | 5 | 3.29% | 31 | 2.71% |
 Middle phalanx | 7 | 2.99% | 9 | 1.92% | 3 | 1.04% | 2 | 1.32% | 21 | 1.84% |
 Distal phalanx | 22 | 9.40% | 50 | 10.66% | 21 | 7.29% | 2 | 1.32% | 95 | 8.31% |
3rd phalanx | 67 | 28.63% | 90 | 19.19% | 73 | 25.35% | 16 | 10.53% | 246 | 21.52% |
 Proximal phalanx | 3 | 1.28% | 12 | 2.56% | 14 | 4.86% | 9 | 5.92% | 38 | 3.32% |
 Middle phalanx | 9 | 3.85% | 5 | 1.07% | 4 | 1.39% | 2 | 1.32% | 20 | 1.75% |
 Distal phalanx | 55 | 23.50% | 73 | 15.57% | 55 | 19.10% | 5 | 3.29% | 188 | 16.45% |
4th phalanx | 62 | 26.50% | 90 | 19.19% | 54 | 18.75% | 26 | 17.11% | 232 | 20.30% |
 Proximal phalanx | 6 | 2.56% | 12 | 2.56% | 28 | 9.72% | 20 | 13.16% | 66 | 5.77% |
 Middle phalanx | 3 | 1.28% | 6 | 1.28% | 4 | 1.39% | 3 | 1.97% | 16 | 1.40% |
 Distal phalanx | 53 | 22.65% | 72 | 15.35% | 22 | 7.64% | 3 | 1.97% | 150 | 13.12% |
5th phalanx | 32 | 13.68% | 125 | 26.65% | 90 | 31.25% | 53 | 34.87% | 300 | 26.25% |
 Proximal phalanx | 4 | 1.71% | 59 | 12.58% | 65 | 22.57% | 45 | 29.61% | 173 | 15.14% |
 Middle phalanx | 5 | 2.14% | 17 | 3.62% | 7 | 2.43% | 4 | 2.63% | 33 | 2.89% |
 Distal phalanx | 23 | 9.83% | 49 | 10.45% | 18 | 6.25% | 4 | 2.63% | 94 | 8.22% |
Metacarpal | 5 | 2.14% | 22 | 4.69% | 14 | 4.86% | 36 | 23.68% | 77 | 6.74% |
 1st metacarpal | 1 | 0.43% | 6 | 1.28% | 9 | 3.13% | 8 | 5.26% | 24 | 2.10% |
 2nd metacarpal | 1 | 0.43% | 5 | 1.07% | 0 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.66% | 7 | 0.61% |
 3rd metacarpal | 2 | 0.85% | 7 | 1.49% | 1 | 0.35% | 4 | 2.63% | 14 | 1.22% |
 4th metacarpal | 0 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.21% | 0 | 0.00% | 5 | 3.29% | 6 | 0.52% |
 5th metacarpal | 1 | 0.43% | 3 | 0.64% | 4 | 1.39% | 18 | 11.84% | 26 | 2.27% |
Carpus | 2 | 0.85% | 0 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.35% | 0 | 0.00% | 3 | 0.26% |
Total | 234 | 100.00% | 469 | 100% | 288 | 100.00% | 152 | 100.00% | 1143 | 100.00% |