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. 2019 Dec 20;4(1):59-62.
doi: 10.1016/j.jses.2019.10.111. eCollection 2020 Mar.

Trends in scapular fractures: a nationwide 17-year study in Finland

Antti P Launonen  1 , Minna K Laitinen  1 , Bakir O Sumrein  1 , Seppo T Niemi  2 , Pekka Kannus  2 , Ville M Mattila  1
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Trends in scapular fractures: a nationwide 17-year study in Finland

Antti P Launonen et al. JSES Int. .

Abstract

Background: The aim of this study was to examine the trends in the number and incidence of scapular fractures causing hospitalization in the Finnish adult population between 1998 and 2014.

Methods: We assessed the number and incidence of scapular fractures resulting in hospital admission and fixation with a plate in Finland in 1998 through 2014 using the Finnish National Hospital Discharge Register as the database. In each year, the study included the entire Finnish adult population.

Results: A total of 3843 adult patients with scapular fractures were hospitalized, and the incidence of fracture increased from 4.8 (per 100,000 person-years) in 1998 to 6.6 in 2014. The fracture was operated on with plating in 476 cases (12.4%). The annual number and incidence of scapular fixation with plates did not show constant trend changes during the study period except in the years 2011 through 2013, when there was a sudden increase in the number of these operations. This increase leveled off in 2014.

Conclusion: The incidence of hospital-treated scapular fractures increased in Finland in 1998 through 2014. Treatment of scapular fractures with a plate did not show consistent trend changes in Finland during this period.

Keywords: Scapula; fracture; hospitalization; incidence; national database; operational treatment; registry.

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Number and incidence of hospitalization caused by scapular fracture in Finnish adults.
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Number of hospitalizations stratified by sex.
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Number and incidence of scapular fracture operations with plating.
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Number of concomitant injuries between 1998 and 2014.
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