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Pediatric Fracture involving the growth plate
Fractures involving the growth plate are described using the Salter
classification, with higher numbers indicating greater risk of a poor late
result:
| Salter Classification |
| I |
Shearing separation of epiphysis from metaphysis |
| II |
Small segment of metaphysis taken with epiphysis
(Thurston-Holland fragment) |
| III |
Intra-articular epiphyseal without epiphyseal plate injury |
| IV |
Vertical through metaphysis, epiphyseal plate and epiphysis |
| V |
Crush Injury of epiphysis |
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