Print Email Facebook Twitter General Aspects of Fractures in Children Title General Aspects of Fractures in Children Author Bilo, Rob A.C. (Veilig Thuis Rotterdam Rijnmond) Loeve, A.J. (TU Delft Medical Instruments & Bio-Inspired Technology) Robben, Simon G.F. (Maastricht UMC) Van Rijn, Rick R. (Universiteit van Amsterdam; Nederlands Forensisch Instituut (NFI)) Contributor Bilo, Rob A.C. (editor) Robben, Simon G.F. (editor) van Rijn, Rick R. (editor) Date 2023 Abstract A fracture is a partial or complete disruption of the continuity of bone or cartilage, due to mechanical forces exceeding the strength of the bone or cartilage to withstand these forces.Fractures are common in children. In a large Swedish study, the overall annual incidence of fractures in children was 2.1% (2.6 for boys; 1.7 for girls). Most fractures in children are the result of accidental trauma and conventional radiography (x-rays) is by far the preferred modality to diagnose them. This chapter discusses the anatomy of the bones, types of fractures and the terminology to describe fractures in an unequivocal way. In addition, fractures are discussed in the context of the trauma mechanism, the circumstances under which a fracture occurs and the age of the patient. Any discrepancies between the type of fracture and the alleged trauma mechanism (history as provided by the parents) should arise suspicion of non-accidental injury, where in general the younger the child, the greater the probability of inflicted injuries. Subject Cause and manner of fracturesDifferential diagnosisEpidemiologyFractureFracture mimics To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:f2a1e4e4-d076-4c82-9096-88565b505da5 DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-12041-1_2 Publisher Springer Embargo date 2023-12-10 ISBN 978-3-031-12040-4 Source Forensic Aspects of Paediatric Fractures: Differentiating Accidental Trauma from Child Abuse, Second Edition Bibliographical note Green Open Access added to TU Delft Institutional Repository 'You share, we take care!' - Taverne project https://www.openaccess.nl/en/you-share-we-take-care Otherwise as indicated in the copyright section: the publisher is the copyright holder of this work and the author uses the Dutch legislation to make this work public. Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type book chapter Rights © 2023 Rob A.C. Bilo, A.J. Loeve, Simon G.F. Robben, Rick R. Van Rijn Files PDF 978_3_031_12041_1_2.pdf 1.4 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:f2a1e4e4-d076-4c82-9096-88565b505da5/datastream/OBJ/view