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Citation

Turgut A, Kalenderer O, Gunaydin B, Korkmaz M, Ilyas G, Ipci FB. Eurasian J. Med. 2015; 47(2): 130-134.

Affiliation

Clinic of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Tepecik Training and Research Hospital, Izmir, Turkey.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, Atatürk Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi)

DOI

10.5152/eurasianjmed.2015.134

PMID

26180498

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the demographic characteristics of paediatric pelvic fractures.

MATERIALS AND METHODS:
Retrospective analysis of 26 patients who were hospitalized with the diagnosis of paediatric pelvic fracture between 2000 and 2010 was performed. Age, gender, hospitalization time, mechanism of injury, fracture type, associated injuries, haemoglobin level drop in the first 24 hours, management and blood transfusion requirement, injuries time (month) information were gathered from hospital records.

RESULTS:
There were 16 male and 10 female patients. Average age was 10.5 (2-16). Average hospitalization time was 3.5 days (1-17). Average haemoglobin level drop in the first 24 hours was 1.51 (0.3-3.6) gr/dL. Mechanisms of the injuries were as following; 14 patients were struck by a car, 10 patients fell from height and 2 patients involved in a vehicle traffic accident. According to the classification of Torode and Zeig; there was 1 type 2, 22 type 3 and 3 type 4 injuries. Injuries' occurrence season were; 12 in spring, 7 in summer and 7 in autumn. All of the patients had been managed conservatively.

CONCLUSION:
These injuries are rarely seen in children. Their management can be mostly conservative and even with a simple and stable pelvic injury marked bleeding can occur.


KEYWORDS:
Pelvic fractures; demographic characteristics; paediatric


Language: en

Vernacular Abstract

Çocuk pelvis kırıklarının demografik özelliklerini araştırmak.

GEREÇ VE YÖNTEM:
2000 ve 2010 yılları arasında çocuk pelvis kırığı tanısı ile hastaneye yatırılan 26 hasta geriye dönük olarak incelendi. Hastane kayıtlarından hastaların; yaşı, cinsiyeti, hastanede kalış zamanı, yaralanma oluşma mekanizması, kırık tipi, ek yaralanmaları, ilk 24 saatteki hemoglobin düşme oranları, tedavileri, kan nakil ihtiyaçları, yaralanma zamanları (ay) ile ilgili bilgileri elde edildi.

BULGULAR:
16 erkek, 10 kız hastanın ortalama yaşı 10,5 (2–16) yıl, ortalama yatış süreleri 3,5 (1–17) gün, ilk 24 saatteki hemoglobin düşme miktarı 1,51 (0,3–3,6) gr/dL idi. 14 hastada araç çarpması, 10 hastada yüksekten düşme ve 2 hastada araç içi trafik kazası sonrası yaralanma oluşmuştu. Torode ve Zeig sınıflamasına göre; 1 hastada tip 2, 22 hastada tip 3 ve 3 hastada tip 4 yaralanma mevcuttu. Yaralanmaların 12’si ilkbahar, 7’si yaz ve 7’si sonbaharda oluşmuştu. Tüm hastalar konservatif olarak tedavi edilmişlerdi.

SONUÇ:
Bu yaralanmalar çocuklarda nadir görülmektedirler. Çoğu konservatif olarak tedavi edilebilir. Basit ve dengeli kırık olsa bile ciddi kanamalara neden olabilirler.

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