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Paediatric fractures in a sub-saharan tertiary care center: a cohort analysis of demographic characteristics, clinical presentation, therapeutic patterns and outcomes.
INTRODUCTION: Paediatric fractures are often of good prognosis due to auto-correction of insufficient fracture reduction by bone remodeling. In sub-Saharan Africa, traditional healers are renowned for managing fractures and there is a neglect for specialized pediatric fracture care. We aimed to determine the demographic characteristics, clinical presentation, treatment patterns and outcomes of paediatric fractures in a tertiary health care centre in Yaoundé.
METHODS: We conducted a prospective cohort study of all consenting consecutive cases of fractures in patients younger than 16 years managed between January 2011 and June 2015 at the University Teaching Hospital, Cameroon. We analysed demographic data, injury characteristics, fracture patterns, treatment details, therapeutic challenges and outcome of treatment at 12 months of follow-up.
RESULTS: We enrolled 147 fractures from 145 children with a mean age of 7 years and male-to-female sex ratio of 2.5:1. The main mechanisms of injury were games (53%) and accidental falls (20.7%). Forearm fractures were the most common fractures (38%). The mainstay of management was non-operative in 130 (88.5%) fractures, with 29.3% manipulations under anesthesia and 17 (11.5%) open reductions with internal fixation. The most surgically reduced fractures were supracondylar humeral fractures. Major difficulties were long therapeutic delay, lack of diligent anaesthesia and the lack of fluoroscopy. The outcome of treatment was favorable in 146 (99.3%) paediatric fractures.
CONCLUSION: With the growing population of sub-Saharan Africa and the objective of becoming an emergent region, public policies should match the technical realities.
METHODS: We conducted a prospective cohort study of all consenting consecutive cases of fractures in patients younger than 16 years managed between January 2011 and June 2015 at the University Teaching Hospital, Cameroon. We analysed demographic data, injury characteristics, fracture patterns, treatment details, therapeutic challenges and outcome of treatment at 12 months of follow-up.
RESULTS: We enrolled 147 fractures from 145 children with a mean age of 7 years and male-to-female sex ratio of 2.5:1. The main mechanisms of injury were games (53%) and accidental falls (20.7%). Forearm fractures were the most common fractures (38%). The mainstay of management was non-operative in 130 (88.5%) fractures, with 29.3% manipulations under anesthesia and 17 (11.5%) open reductions with internal fixation. The most surgically reduced fractures were supracondylar humeral fractures. Major difficulties were long therapeutic delay, lack of diligent anaesthesia and the lack of fluoroscopy. The outcome of treatment was favorable in 146 (99.3%) paediatric fractures.
CONCLUSION: With the growing population of sub-Saharan Africa and the objective of becoming an emergent region, public policies should match the technical realities.
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