Profiles of Patients with Musculoskeletal Injury in Children at Tertiary Referral Hospital in Indonesia

BACKGROUND: Fractures in children cause a long-term disability and decrease quality of life in every person involved. Factors that affect fracture incidence must be identified so that we can create prevention management. AIM: This study evaluates children’s fracture patterns in Saiful Anwar General Hospital Malang from January 2016 to August 2020. METHODS: A retrospective study was conducted among children under 18 years old by analyzing patients’ medical records. The characteristics of patients and fractures are reviewed using SPSS version 25 for Windows. RESULTS: We analyze 774 children as the sample study, with 70% of them being boys. Fractures mainly occur in the 12–18 years old group (92.8%). Most of them are caused by traffic accidents (58%). Consequently, the street (76.9%) is the most frequent place of trauma. Closed fractures (70%) are the most common type, and distal radius or ulna (21.2%) is the fracture’s most frequent site. For treatment, the majority of patients have undergone closed reduction and casting (21.7%). CONCLUSION: Fractures in children occur predominantly in boys and result from traffic accidents. A single and close fracture is the most common type of fracture.