Abstract
Objective: To explore the epidemiological characteristics associated with distal radius fractures. Methods: This research has an epidemiological character, with documentary, retrospective, descriptive and analytical design, with a sample of 331 patients with surgical upper limb fractures, treated between January 2018 and December 2020. A sociodemographic form was applied for the evolution elements, analyzing the data through descriptive statistics of the IBM SPSS Statistics program. Study was approved by the Research Ethics Committee. Results: Of the 331 cases treated, 90 medical records of patients with distal radius fractures were selected. The specimen is mostly male (66.1%), aged 61 – 80 years (47.8%), without comorbidities (80%). It indicates car accident as the main trauma mechanism (36.7%), with the most frequent AO fracture classifications 2R3A2 and 2R3C1 (33.3% each), small incidence of refractures (8.9%) and length of hospital stay mostly less than a week (60%). The main type of implant used in the surgical approach was the Kirchner wire (82.2%). Conclusion: The study exposed an epidemiological profile different from that described in the accessible literature, as well as a different therapeutic option from the one mentioned in the current databases.