Salter-Harris fractures

Salter-Harris fractures
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Salter-Harris Fractures: Descriptive terms for fractures affecting the growth plate of a bone. Once bone growth has completed, the term "Salter-Harris Fracture" no longer applies.

Types

There are six types of Salter-Harris fractures:

• Type I - A transverse fracture through the growth plate (also referred to as the "physis") : 6% incidence

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  Salter-Harris fracture-I Image courtesy of RadsWiki and copylefted

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  Salter-Harris fracture-I Image courtesy of RadsWiki and copylefted

• Type II - A fracture through the growth plate and the metaphysis, sparing the epiphysis: 75% incidence

• Type III - A fracture through growth plate and epiphysis, sparing the metaphysis: 8% incidence

• Type IV - A fracture through all three elements of the bone, the growth plate, metaphysis, and epiphysis: 10% incidence

• Type V - A compression fracture of the growth plate (resulting in a decrease in the perceived space between the epiphysis and diaphysis on x-ray): 1% incidence

• Type VI - Injury to the peripheral portion of the physis and a resultant bony bridge formation which my produce an angular deformity. (Added in 1969 by Mercer Rang.)

See also

• Paul Jules Tillaux

External links

• "Growth Plate (Physeal) Fractures" at emedicine.com
• http://medicine.ucsd.edu/bonepit/Classifications/Salter%20Harris%20and%20Ogden%20classification%20of%20physeal%20fractures.htm
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