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In order to collect information on the epidemiology of upper extremity fractures in children, we conducted a systematic literature review on Medline, via PubMed. Extracted incidence data were stratified by fracture location, age or age interval and gender. Nationwide and Western Region incidence values were calculated for different fracture locations of the upper extremity using data extracted from a centralized hospital database. Incidence values were calculated using the mid-2018 census data. The search was restricted to the pediatric population. (3) Results: Incidence values for upper arm fractures nationwide and for Western Region were 54.83\/100,000 person-years and 64.79\/100,000 person-years, respectively. Forearm fractures had an incidence of 139.77\/100,000 person-years and 139.56\/100,000 person-years, respectively. The overall incidence of upper extremity fractures nationwide and for the Romanian Western Region were 206.02\/100,000 person-years and 220.14\/100,000 person-years, respectively. (4) Conclusions: Incidence of upper extremity fractures in the pediatric population varies according to the analyzed data. The calculated incidence depends on the site of fractures, assessed population (worldwide, Romanian population or regional-Western part of Romania) or patients\u2019 age.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/children7080084","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,7,30]],"date-time":"2020-07-30T03:36:38Z","timestamp":1596080198000},"page":"84","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["Upper Extremity Fractures in Children\u2014Comparison between Worldwide, Romanian and Western Romanian Region Incidence"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"7","author":[{"given":"Ovidiu","family":"Adam","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pediatric Surgery and Orthopedics, \u201cVictor Babes\u201d University of Medicine and Pharmacy Timisoara, Eftimie Murgu Street No. 2, 300041 Timisoara, Romania"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6133-0204","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Florin George","family":"Horhat","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Microbiology, \u201cVictor Babes\u201d University of Medicine and Pharmacy Timisoara, Eftimie Murgu Street No. 2, 300041 Timisoara, Romania"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0706-7449","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Elena","family":"Amaricai","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Rehabilitation, Physical Medicine and Rheumatology, \u201cVictor Babes\u201d University of Medicine and Pharmacy Timisoara, Eftimie Murgu Street No. 2, 300041 Timisoara, Romania"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4295-7487","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Vlad-Laurentiu","family":"David","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pediatric Surgery and Orthopedics, \u201cVictor Babes\u201d University of Medicine and Pharmacy Timisoara, Eftimie Murgu Street No. 2, 300041 Timisoara, Romania"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Zolt\u00e1n","family":"Derzsi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pediatric Surgery and Orthopedics, George Emil Palade University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science and Technology of Targu Mures, Gh. 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