Table 2. Distribution of patients with distal humeral fracture, attended at Pediatric Hospital Dr. Jesser Amarante Faria - HJAF, in the municipality of Joinville - Santa Catarina, in the period from June 2012 to December 2016, according to the type of conduct and the presence of complications and diagnosis.

Clinic Profile	Conduct						P-Value1
	Conservative		Surgical		General
	n	%	n	%	n	%
Immediate Complications							<0.0001**
Absent	428	99.8	218	92.4	646	97.1
Compartmental Syndrome	0	0.0	1	0.4	1	0.2
Infection	0	0.0	7	3.0	7	1.1
Loss reduction	1	0.2	10	4.2	11	1.7
Late Complications							<0.0001**
Absent	428	99.8	205	86.9	633	95.2
Infection	0	0.0	10	4.2	10	1.5
Vicious consolidations	0	0.0	1	0.4	1	0.2
Angular deformities	1	0.2	4	1.7	5	0.8
Joint Stiffness	0	0.0	15	6.4	15	2.3
Diagnostic							<0.0001**
GARTL I	374	87.2	6	2.5	380	57.1
GARTL II	52	12.1	55	23.3	107	16.1
GARTL III	3	0.7	175	74.2	178	26.8

Source: Medical records of the Pediatric Hospital Dr. Jesser Amarante Faria - HJAF (2018).

¹Pearson's chi-squared test for trend.

^**Highly significant values;

^*Significant values; ^NS Non significant values. H₁: There is a significant trend in the level 0.05 (p<0.05).