Salter–Harris fracture

Salter–Harris fractures
Other namesGrowth plate fracture[1]
An X-ray of the left ankle showing a Salter–Harris type III fracture of medial malleolus. Red arrow demonstrates fracture line while the blue arrow marks the growth plate.
SpecialtyOrthopedic surgery 

A Salter–Harris fracture is a fracture that involves the epiphyseal plate (growth plate) of a bone, specifically the zone of provisional calcification.[2] It is thus a form of child bone fracture. It is a common injury found in children, occurring in 15% of childhood long bone fractures.[3] This type of fracture and its classification system is named for Robert B. Salter and William H. Harris who created and published this classification system in the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery in 1963.[4]

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  2. ^ Cepela, Daniel J.; Tartaglione, Jason P.; Dooley, Timothy P.; Patel, Prerana N. (November 2016). "Classifications In Brief: Salter-Harris Classification of Pediatric Physeal Fractures". Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research. 474 (11): 2531–2537. doi:10.1007/s11999-016-4891-3. ISSN 0009-921X. PMC 5052189. PMID 27206505.
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  4. ^ Daniel J. Cepela, Jason P. Tartaglione, Timothy P. Dooley and Prerana N. Patel. Classifications In Brief: Salter-Harris Classification of Pediatric Physeal Fractures. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2016 Nov; 474(11): 2531–2537.
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