The Incidence of Pediatric Tibial Spine Fractures Is Greater and Peaks Later in Male Patients.

Purpose: To use government-curated databases to produce incidence estimates for pediatric tibial spine fractures (TSFs) by age and sex. This study also describes the relative frequency of operative versus nonoperative management for TSFs by age and sex.

Methods: US Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project databases were used to identify cases of TSF among patients aged 7 to 18 years in the year 2016.