Fracture patterns in battered children.

Volume: 5, Issue: 4, Pages: 428 - 433
Published: Jan 1, 1991
Abstract
We reviewed cases of 75 battered children with fractures over a 2-year period. The average age was 16 months; 57% were boys. There were 154 fractures (2.0 per child); 77% were acute and 23% were old. The most common fracture occurred in the skull (32%) and the most common long bone fracture occurred in the tibia (16%). The most common long bone fracture pattern was transverse (41%); corner fractures accounted for 28% of long bone fractures. An...
Paper Details
Title
Fracture patterns in battered children.
Published Date
Jan 1, 1991
Volume
5
Issue
4
Pages
428 - 433
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