<![CDATA[Background: Radius distal fracture is the most common fracture seen in emergency department which involves the upper extremity. Radius distal fracture can occur in any age, ranging from children, teenager until elderly patients. There is an increasing trend of radius distal fracture. However, the research on radius distal fracture characteristic, especially in Bali, is still limited.Method: This study was a descriptive-retrospective study which aims to find out the characteristic of radius distal fracture at Sanglah General Hospital, Denpasar, Bali. For data collection, we used total sampling technique using secondary data from patients’ medical records. The study sample was all patient diagnosed with radius distal fractures between the year 2013-2017 with incomplete medical record as the exclusion criteria.Result: This study obtained 677 radius distal fracture samples. Most of the patients were male [434 cases (64,1%)] with the most common age range was between 20-29 years old [147 cases (21,7%)]. The most common etiology of radius distal fracture was traffic accident [322 cases (47,6%)]. Fracture of the other upper extremity parts, in addition to radius distal, was the most common complaints accompanying radius distal fractures [333 cases (49,2%]. Based on the length of stay, 84% patients were hospitalized less than 5 days.Conclusion: Distal radial fracture was commonly seen in men with the age range between 20-29 years old. Traffic accident was the most common cause of distal radial fracture with the average length of stay less than 5 days.]]>
