Pediatric Pelvic Injuries - Epidemiology and Demography

Charles University, Czech Republic

Status: Completed

Conditions: Child, Only; Pelvis Injury

Treatments: Procedure: conservative treatment according to standard indication criteria; Procedure: surgical treatment according to standard indication criteria

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04756947

Pediatric Pelvis 01

Details and patient eligibility

About

A retrospective epidemiological study of pediatric pelvic injury from level 1 trauma centre.

Hypothesis: In the pediatric population, majority of pelvic injuries is of type A according to AO/OTA (Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Osteosynthesefragen/Orthopaedic Trauma Association) classification, the treatment is mostly conservative and complications of injury and treatment are less common than in adults.

Full description

Study design: Retrospective analysis (13 years), excluding pathological fractures. AO/OTA type, epidemiological data, mode of treatment, and complications were recorded. Data were analyzed using the Fisher exact test and the Wilcoxon test.

Enrollment: 358 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 1 to 18 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria of primary study group:

• Age ≤ 18 years
• Single pelvic bone fractures or pelvic ring injuries

Inclusion Criteria of secondary study group:

• Age ≤ 18 years
• Combined pelvic and acetabular injuries
• Isolated fractures of the acetabulum

Exclusion Criteria:

• Pathological fractures

Trial design

358 participants in 2 patient groups

Pelvic injury

Description:

Paediatric patients (age ≤ 18 years) with a single pelvic bone fracture or pelvic ring injury, excluding pathological fractures.

Treatment:

Procedure: surgical treatment according to standard indication criteria

Procedure: conservative treatment according to standard indication criteria

Pelvic and acetabular injury

Description:

Paediatric patients (age ≤ 18 years) with a combined pelvic and acetabular injury or an isolated acetabular fracture, excluding pathological fractures.

Treatment:

Procedure: surgical treatment according to standard indication criteria

Procedure: conservative treatment according to standard indication criteria