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Influence of Obesity in Children with Supracondylar Humeral Fractures Requiring Surgical Treatment at a Tertiary Pediatric Trauma Center.

Marko BaškovićLucija VuckovićMarta Borić KrakarArnes RešićNikolina Benco KordićAntun Kljenak
Published in: Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) (2023)
In our study, we found that the proportion of overweight and obese children requiring surgical treatment was higher in Gartland type III injury, so there is no doubt that as a society we must prevent further increases in the prevalence of childhood obesity for this reason as well.
Keyphrases
  • type iii
  • young adults
  • metabolic syndrome
  • insulin resistance
  • type diabetes
  • risk factors
  • skeletal muscle
  • adipose tissue
  • body mass index