The Pattern of Occurrence of Fractures in Children and Adolescents and Its Managements Based on the Database of the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service

Yong-Wook Kwon; Soon-Hyuck Lee; Hyun-Woo Kim; Jin-Ho Hwang

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Kwon, Lee, Kim, and Hwang: The Pattern of Occurrence of Fractures in Children and Adolescents and Its Managements Based on the Database of the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service

Original Article

Journal of the Korean Fracture Society 2014; 27(4): 308-314.

Published online: 20 October 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.12671/jkfs.2014.27.4.308

The Pattern of Occurrence of Fractures in Children and Adolescents and Its Managements Based on the Database of the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service

Yong-Wook Kwon, M.D., Soon-Hyuck Lee, M.D.^*, Hyun-Woo Kim, M.D.^†, Jin-Ho Hwang, M.D.^†

Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Inje University Busan Paik Hospital, Inje University College of Medicine, Busan, Korea.

^*Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Korea University Anam Hospital, Korea University College of Medecine, Seoul, Korea.

^†Department of Pediatric Orthopaedics, Severance Children's Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

Address reprint requests to: Soon-Hyuck Lee, M.D. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Korea University Anam Hospital, 73 Inchon-ro, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul 136-705, Korea. Tel: 82-2-920-5925, Fax: 82-2-924-2471, soonlee@korea.ac.kr

Received 6 May 2014 Revised 10 September 2014 Accepted 15 September 2014

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Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this article is to report on the pattern of medical process and relative frequencies of fractures in children and adolescents.

Materials and Methods

The authors retrospectively analyzed the database of the health insurance review and assessment service regarding children and adolescents under 20 years old treated from 2008 to 2010. Newly registered numbers of fractures in children and adolescents according to sex, month, institution, and anatomical location were also reviewed.

Results

A total of 1,893,416 fractures occurred during three years; approximately 630,000 cases were treated during one year (approximately 562 cases among 10,000 people during one year). During one year, the most fractures occurred in June and the least in February. Senior general hospital consisted of 5.72%, 12.30% in general hospital, 19.28% in hospital, and 62.70% in clinics. Among the fracture sites, 0.05% were cervical fractures, 0.91% in sternum and thoracic vertebra, 1.35% in lumbar vertebra and pelvis, 12.79% in shoulder and upper extremities, 26.87% in lower extremities, 38.10% in wrist and hand, 1.01% in femur, 10.40% in lower extremities including ankle, and 8.52% in foot excluding ankle. The maximal incidence was age 14 years in male and 12 years in female.

Conclusion

The authors reviewed the pattern of medical process and relative frequencies of fractures in children and adolescents.

Keywords: Children, Adolescent, Pediatric fracture, Epidemiology, Health insurance

Figures and Tables

Fig. 1

Monthly occurrence pattern of children and adolescents fracture.

Fig. 2

Fracture incidence by hospital size.

Fig. 3

Fracture incidence by age.

Table 1

The Number of Monthly Occurrence and Average of Children and Adolescents Fracture

Values are presented as number, number (%), or mean (%).

Table 2

Fracture Incidence by Hospital Size (%)

Table 3

Fracture Incidence by Age (%)

Table 4

Comparison Children and Adolescents Fracture Pattern Between Papers

Notes

Financial support: This study was supported by a 2011-Grant from Korean Academy of Medical Sciences.

Conflict of interest: None.

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