Table 3. Arbitration proceedings after the treatment of fractures in children.
| Fracture site | Percentage of fractures at this site during the period of bone growth (%)*1 | Number of proceedings | Sex distribution | Therapeutic errors | |||
| N | % N/189 | M | F | n | % n/N | ||
| Skull, face | 2 | 8 | 4.2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 50 |
| Spine | < 1 | 1 | 0.5 | – | 1 | – | – |
| Chest (bones) | < 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Clavicle (n = 1), scapula (n = 1) | 7 | 2 | 1.1 | 1 | 1 | – | – |
| Humerus, subcapital and shaft | 3 | 8 | 4.2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 38 |
| Humerus, transcondylar | 5 | 26 | 13.8 | 14 | 12 | 15 | 58 |
| Elbow fractures and subluxations | 4 | 39 | 20.7 | 14 | 25 | 30 | 77 |
| Forearm | 37 | 39 | 20.7 | 27 | 12 | 23 | 59 |
| Hand | 19 | 17 | 9.0 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 65 |
| Pelvis | < 1 | 1 | 0.5 | – | 1 | – | – |
| Femur | 2 | 24 | 12.5 | 14 | 10 | 17 | 71 |
| Leg, ankle | 11 | 18 | 9.6 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 78 |
| Foot | 10 | 6 | 3.2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 67 |
| Total | – | 189 | 100.0 | 99 | 90 | 121 | 64 |
Allegations and frequency of confirmed errors in 189 proceedings, including 4 involving birth trauma; comparison of the number of proceedings with the frequency distribution of fracture sites during the period of bone growth.
*1 The percentages given here are reproduced from Marzi (6), sometimes after averaging or extrapolation. The numbers appearing in boldface type in this column and the fourth column (percentage of proceedings) indicate fracture sites for which there is a notable disproportion between the frequency of fractures and the frequency of complaints