[Niños con mordeduras de animales hospitalizados en un centro de referencia de Uruguay].

Background: Animal bites are a health problem that can produce lesions of varying severity, with the risk of aesthetic and functional sequelae and infectious complications. The objective of the study was to describe the clinical, epidemiological, treatment and complications of lesions caused by animal bites in children hospitalized in a reference center in Uruguay.

Method: Descriptive, retrospective study.