Table 1.
Comparison of demographics and baseline fracture characteristics. Values are n (%)
| Re-displacementa | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes (n = 30) | No (n = 239) | p-value | ||
| Age | ||||
| ≥ 9 years | 20 (67) | 169 (71) | 0.6 | |
| < 9 years | 10 (33) | 70 (29) | ||
| Gender | ||||
| Girl | 12 (40) | 47 (20) | 0.01 | |
| Boy | 18 (60) | 192 (80) | ||
| Mechanism of injury | ||||
| Falling during running | 18 (60) | 94 (39) | 0.03 | |
| Falling from a height | 3 (10) | 66 (28) | 0.09 | |
| Motor accident | 4 (13) | 42 (18) | 0.6 | |
| Direct trauma | 5 (17) | 37 (15) | 0.9 | |
| Fracture side | ||||
| Right | 13 (43) | 142 (60) | 0.09 | |
| Left | 15 (50) | 80 (34) | 0.07 | |
| Both | 2 (7) | 17 (7) | 0.9 | |
| Fractured bone | ||||
| Radius | 14 (47) | 36 (15) | < 0.001 | |
| Ulna | 1 (3) | 29 (12) | 0.1 | |
| Both | 15 (50) | 174 (73) | 0.008 | |
| Reduction accuracy | ||||
| Anatomical | 6 (20) | 170 (71) | < 0.001 | |
| Non-anatomical | 24 (80) | 69 (29) | ||
a
Defined as (1) increased angulation of >10°, (2) increased translation of >20%, or (3) increased angulation of >5° and increased translation of >10%.