Introduction:

Traumatic injuries of the elbow are very frequent, some of them are difficult to treat and are associated with complications, of which supracondylar fractures of the humerus are one of the most frequent.

Objetive:

To describe the epidemiological behavior of a group of patients with this traumatic disease.

Methods:

A descriptive observational study was carried out in patients treated at the Dr. Eduardo Agramonte Piña Provincial Pediatric Hospital in the city of Camagüey from January 1st, 2018 to December 31st, 2021 with a total of 48 months.

Results:

the male-female sex ratio of the 56 patients was 3.3 to 1, the left-right elbow was 1.9 to 1, and the urban rural area was 2.2 to 1. The average age in general was 7.5 years. The average hospital stay was 4.8 days. The extension mechanism was the most frequent finding, as well as grade III fractures. The months of January and July together with the days of Thursday, Friday and Sunday are the ones with the largest number of patients. Closed reduction and percutaneous fixation with Kirschner wires was the most used method in this traumatic entity.

Conclusions:

Supracondylar fractures of the humerus in children are more frequent in males and in the left elbow. The average age of males is higher than that of females. Rural areas provide the largest number of patients. The most used treatment is surgery and immediate complications are infrequent.

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