Incidence and analysis of radial head and neck fractures

Table 1 Description of studypopulation n (%)

Total	1047 (100)
Male	499 (47.7)
Female	548 (52.3)
Age (range), yr	36 (2-95)
Follow up (wk)	3 (0-350)
Children	77 (7.4)
Adults	970 (92.6)
Left	501 (47.9)
Right	538 (51.4)
Utriusque	8 (0.8)

Table 2 Distribution of fracture types I-IV in our study population n (%)

Mason		Male	Female
Type I	859 (82.1)	409 (47.6)	450 (52.5)
Type II	149 (14.2)	67 (45.0)	82 (55)
Type III	28 (2.7)	20 (71.4)	8 (28.6)
Type IV	11 (1.1)	3 (27.3)	8 (72.7)

Table 3 Immobilization time in conservative treatment

	Type I				Type II				Type III				Type IV
	n	Median	Min	Max	n	Median	Min	Max	n	Median	Min	Max	n
Cast upper arm	256	1	1	6	51	2	1	6	0				0
Cast lower arm	7	2	2	4	1	2	2	2	0				0
Dorsale splint	7	4	1	4	1	1	1	1	0				0
Elastic bandage	3	1	1	3	4	2	1	3	0				0
Filmulin bandage	526	1	1	12	34	1	1	8	1	3	3	3	0
Gilchrist	0	0			1	2	2	2	0				0
Cork splint upper arm	0	0			1	3	3	3	0				0
Cork splint lower arm	1	1	1	1	0				1	1	1	1	0
Mitella	8	1	1	1	0				0				0
Non	9	0	0	0	3	0	0	0					0
Surgery	10				53				26				11

Table 4 Summary treatment strategies and pain n (%)

	Total	Surgery	Pain non	Pain mild	Pain severe
Type I	859 (82.1)	10	3 (30)	7 (70)	0
Type II	149 (14.2)	53	41 (77.4)	10 (18.9)	2 (3.8)
Type III	28 (2.7)	26	21 (80.8)	4 (15.4)	1 (3.8)
Type IV	11 (1.1)	11	10 (90.9)	1 (9.1)
		Conservative
Type I		849	488 (57.5)	335 (39.5)	26 (3.1)
Type II		96	57 (59.4)	36 (37.5)	3 (3.1)
Type III		2	1 (50)	1 (50)
Type IV		0