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Incidence, treatment and survival of paediatric patients with bone sarcomas in Finland from 1991 to 2005.
Acta Paediatr
July 2015
Department of Pediatric Orthopedic Surgery, Turku Children's Hospital, Turku, Finland.
Aim: Our aims were to establish the 10-year overall and event-free survival rates among children and adolescents with bone sarcomas in Finland, estimate their respective incidences, evaluate the treatment given and describe the key prognostic factors.
Methods: We included 88 patients of <18 years of age diagnosed with a bone sarcoma during 1991-2005 in this retrospective, nationwide and population-based study. Median follow-up time was 12.
Operative treatment of fractures in children is increasing. A population-based study from Finland.
J Bone Joint Surg Am
November 2009
Section of Pediatric Surgery, Turku Children's Hospital, Turku University Central Hospital, P.O. Box 499, FIN-20521, Turku, Finland.
Background: Epidemiological data on the incidence of surgical treatment of pediatric fractures are sparse. Our aim was to determine the incidence of in-hospital-treated fractures and of the surgical treatment of these fractures in children and adolescents.
Methods: National Discharge Register data on pediatric fractures (in patients younger than the age of eighteen years) treated in the hospital in Finland between 1997 and 2006 were evaluated.