Prevalencia de fracturas de clavícula en pacientes entre 18 a 65 años de edad admitidos por el servicio de traumatología en el Hospital Alcívar en el periodo enero 2018 a diciembre 2023.

Abstract

Clavicle fractures are a type of bone injury caused by indirect trauma that is relatively common in patients aged 18 – 65 years. It is also vitally important to evaluate the clinical symptoms and radiographic findings that can guide us to timely treatment. Objective: To determine the prevalence of clavicle fractures in adult patients between 18 and 65 years of age admitted by the traumatology and orthopedics service from January 2019 to December 2023. Methodology: non-experimental, it has a retrospective approach of a descriptive nature due to the use of a database of patients admitted to Hospital Alcivar between 18 and 65 years of age for clavicle fracture, the approach to be used is the deductive one that will serve to identify the prevalence of clavicle fractures. Results: The prevalence of clavicle fractures in patients admitted to the Alcívar hospital in the period specified above is 1.72%.