Abstract
Objective: To analyze the epidemiological characteristics associated with phalangeal fractures of the fingers. Methods: Epidemiological research, with documentary, retrospective, descriptive and analytical design. Initial sample referring to care, between January 2018 and December 2020, of 331 patients with surgical upper limb fractures, performing the evolution of their variables from a sociodemographic form, with subsequent analysis of statistical data by the IBM SPSS Statistics program. Study was approved by the Research Ethics Committee. Results: Forty-two medical records of patients with phalanx fractures were selected, among the 331 cases treated, being 20 proximal, 10 medium and 12 distal. The sample is mostly male (100%, 90% and 83.3% respectively), aged between 18 and 60 years (75%, 90% and 66.6%). It shows as the main trauma mechanism the car accident (26.2%), low incidence of refractures (4.8%), hospital stay mostly less than one week (60%) and few post-surgical complications (9.6%). Osteosynthesis was used as a surgical approach, with the Kirchner wire as the only type of implant. Conclusion: It is concluded that the study revealed an epidemiological profile relatively similar to that described in the available literature, differing only in the higher prevalence of fractures of the proximal phalanx.