The Department of health of Torrevieja addresses the treatment of fractures in childhood.
The Department of health of Torrevieja addresses the treatment of fractures in children. – the most fractures occur in two age groups, between 6 and 11 years of age and over 11 years, representing between the two 82% of fractures -experts affirm that the principles on which is based the treatment of children’s fractures differ from the adult Torrevieja, April of 2013- the Hospital of Torrevieja has addressed, in its third annual clinical meeting, treatment of fractures in childhood and in the attention of them, due to morphological characteristics and pathophysiological children’s conditions. The Dres. José or. Sous Sánchez, Damián Jover Mendiola and Clara E. Cobo Cervantes of orthopedic surgery and Traumatology service participated in a session attended by around fifty professionals and in which issues related to trauma treatment of these fractures with the existing particularities were exposed. Traffic accidents and the participation of children in extreme sports, with demand increasing in its preparation, makes that the incidence of fractures and other injuries of children continues to grow. Orthopedic surgeons from the Hospital of Torrevieja specialists expose the most fractures occur in two age groups; between 6 and 11 years of age and older than 11 years, representing between the two 82% of fractures. Children’s fractures in children are more frequent in girls with an incidence of 66% and 34%, respectively. On the other hand, Physeal fractures are...
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