Research Article

Seasonal Temperature and Pin Site Care Regimen Affect the Incidence of Pin Site Infection in Pediatric Supracondylar Humeral Fractures

Table 1

Patient data.

VariableHigh-temperature seasonLow-temperature season value

Number of patients*4021
Mean age (years)+7 ± 2.66.7 ± 2.60.66
Male/female*27/1310/110.13
BMI (Kg/m2)+17.2 ± 3.715.8 ± 2.40.11
Right/left*23/1713/80.74
Fracture type II/III*3/376/150.037
Average number of pins2.42.30.42
Pin retention (days)+34.4 ± 831.3 ± 5.30.13
Noncare/daily care*20/2010/110.86
Infected patients18 (45)4 (19)0.045

The values are given as the number of patients.
+The values are given as the mean and standard deviation.
Data are number (%) of patients.
< 0.05 is considered statistically significant.