Table 2. The anatomical distribution, presence of intra-articular fracture, mean age, sex ratio, and non-operative vs. operative treatment of finger fractures in children (under 15 years).
| Finger | Phalanx | Number | Mean age | Sex (M/F %) | Treatment (non-operative/ operative %)* |
Open fractures % | Intraarticular % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dig 2 | All | 338 | 10 | 60/40 | 94/6 | 9 | 16 |
| Base | 176 | 10 | 62/38 | 96/4 | 1 | 10 | |
| Middle | 90 | 10 | 59/41 | 95/5 | 7 | 28 | |
| Distal | 72 | 9 | 56/40 | 88/12 | 31 | 14 | |
| Dig 3 | All | 428 | 10 | 56/44 | 90/10 | 12 | 19 |
| Base | 186 | 11 | 56/44 | 94/6 | 1 | 8 | |
| Middle | 95 | 10 | 53/47 | 89/11 | 6 | 39 | |
| Distal | 147 | 8 | 60/40 | 86/14 | 29 | 20 | |
| Dig 4 | All | 462 | 10 | 59/41 | 91/9 | 7 | 15 |
| Base | 235 | 11 | 58/42 | 90/10 | 1 | 10 | |
| Middle | 109 | 11 | 60/40 | 95/5 | 3 | 33 | |
| Distal | 118 | 8 | 61/39 | 90/10 | 22 | 10 | |
| Dig 5 | All | 1254 | 10 | 60/40 | 92/8 | 2 | 9 |
| Base | 993 | 10 | 63/37 | 91/9 | 0 | 7 | |
| Middle | 192 | 10 | 46/54 | 97/3 | 2 | 21 | |
| Distal | 69 | 8 | 54/46 | 92/8 | 20 | 9 |
*Unregistered treatment: 4%.