摘要:Background: Environmental conditions are effective on childhood supracondylar humerus fractures. In this study,>> style="font-family:;" "=""> style="font-family:Verdana;"> we evaluated the relationship between weather conditions and these fractures. style="font-family:Verdana;">Materials style="font-family:Verdana;">and style="font-family:Verdana;">Methods: style="font-family:Verdana;"> We started style="font-family:Verdana;">this study following the approval of a non-interventional research ethics style="font-family:Verdana;"> committee. Patients (<16 years) who applied to the hospital between January 2013 style="font-family:Verdana;">and July 2018 with supracondylar humerus fracture style="font-family:Verdana;"> style="font-family:Verdana;"> style="font-family:Verdana;">s style="font-family:Verdana;"> style="font-family:Verdana;"> style="font-family:Verdana;"> were included in the>> style="font-family:;" "=""> style="font-family:Verdana;"> study. The hospital’s PROBEL system was used to diagnose (International Classification of the Diseases, ICD, S42.4) radiological images and patient information. Information on the weather conditions in the day and time period, in style="font-family:Verdana;">which supracondylar humerus fracture occurred, was obtained from TR style="font-family:Verdana;"> (Turkey) Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry General Directorate of Mete style="font-family:Verdana;">orology. The relationship between supracondylar fracture and daily weather style="font-family:Verdana;">conditions (wind, air temperature, cloudiness, and style="font-family:Verdana;"> sea> style="font-family:Verdana;">son) was analyzed. style="font-family:Verdana;">Results: style="font-family:Verdana;"> Most of the patients (n = 76, 40.6%, p < 0.05) style="font-family:Verdana;"> were fractures occurring under cloudless weather conditions. Fractures were con style="font-family:Verdana;">centrated with a second frequency in cloudy weather over 60%, except for style="font-family:Verdana;"> cloud style="font-family:Verdana;">less weather conditions (n = 51, 27.3%, p < 0.05). In the summer months style="font-family:Verdana;">when the air temperature was high, the number of fractures was higher (n = 62, 33.2%, p < 0.05) and less in the winter months (n = 24, 12.8%, p < 0.05). In hot weather conditions where the daily average temperature was above 20 style="color:#111111;font-family:Roboto, sans-serif;font-size:16px;white-space:normal;background-color:#FFFFFF;">°C, supracondylar humerus fractures were observed more (n = 101, 54%) and less than 10 style="color:#111111;font-family:Roboto, sans-serif;font-size:16px;white-space:normal;background-color:#FFFFFF;">°C (n = 43, 23%, p < 0.05). Increased incidence of fractures was observed in the > style="font-family:Verdana;">presence of wind (n = 4, 2.1%, p < 0.05). style="font-family:Verdana;">Conclusion: style="font-family:Verdana;"> Supracondylar style="font-family:Verdana;"> humerus fractures are style="font-family:Verdana;">common in children. Environmental conditions (temperature, wind, and style="font-family:Verdana;"> season) can be effective in the occurrence of these fractures.