[Serious sports trauma in schools in Abidjan: prospective study of 126 cases supported over a period of 2 years]

ABSTRACT

Authors report the results of the therapeutic charge of 126 children and teenagers, with serious traumatism, during physical and sporting education section in Abidjan. It was about children and teenagers, from 6 to 19 years old, pupils in the various public and private schools of Abidjan's city and its suburbs. The average age is 14 years old, and the repartition according to the sex emphasizes a clear male prevalence [90 cases]. The indictment sporting disciplines are so many and varied, dominated by football [54 cases]. It is however advisable to underline that certain sports activities [fencing, fight, horsemanship, judo, etc.] are found only in some private establishments. At the anatomo-pathological level, the lesions met are multiple, from serious ankle sprain to complex bones fractures. The most and essential therapeutic indications result from the injury type and the displacements size or extent. We thus carried out 41 surgical processing against 85 orthopaedic processing. As a whole, the results carry up are very satisfactory