DOI: 10.36347/sjams.2015.v03i08.044

Pages: 2960-2965

The present study was done Tertiary care centre to find the fracture pattern of supracondylar fractures humerus in children and life style factors affecting. Data was collected from parents/guardians fifty clinically and radiologically confirmed cases of supracondylar fractures of humerus in children up to fifteen years of age regarding following parameters1. Age 2.Sex 3. Extremity involved (dominant or non-dominant) 4. Mode of trauma 5.Time since injury 6.Anatomical type of fracture (extension or flexion type) 7.Previous treatment taken 8.Gartland type of fracture 9.Associated injuries 10.Complications at presentation.The data was tabulated and analysed using appropriate statistics. The average age of presentation of these fractures was found to be 7.34 years. Male children were found to be at higher risk of fractures than females. The commonest mode of injury of supracondylar fractures in this study was fall from stairs .The mean delay in presentation was 0.76 days (18.2 hours). 14% of the patients had taken previous treatment from local bone setters in the form of massage or splint age.This study has helped usto work out factors that are preventable and need attention to decrease the morbidity of one of the most frequent injuries in children. Among these need of railing of the stairs and discouraging the treatment from local bone setters need to be addressed urgently.