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SALTER-HARRIS FRACTURE Alex Duckworth, MS4 What is a Salter-Harris fracture? Fracture through growth plate in a pediatric patient 35 % of skeletal injuries in patients aged 10-15 involve growth plate Often due to trauma, usually sports-related or fall Complain of point tenderness around fracture site Soft-tissue swelling on physical exam Anatomy of Long Bones Epiphysis distal to the physis (growth plate) Metaphysis on opposite side of physis from epiphysis Diaphysis is long shaft beyond metaphysis Normal Pediatric Long Bone eMedicine – Salter-Harris Fractures : Article by William Moore,...

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