Type 4. This fracture occurs when a force hits the growth plate, the rounded part of the bone, and the bone shaft. About 10 percent of Salter-Harris fractures are type 4. This can happen at any age, and it may affect bone growth.
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What is a Salter-Harris type 4 fracture?
Type 4. This fracture occurs when a force hits the growth plate, the rounded part of the bone, and the bone shaft. About 10 percent of Salter-Harris fractures are type 4. This can happen at any age, and it may affect bone growth.
Is a Salter-Harris fracture a break?
A type II Salter-Harris fracture is the most common pediatric physeal fracture, occurring frequently in children over 10 years of age. This fracture breaks at an angle, cutting through most of the growth plate and the metaphysis, the area above the growth plate.
What is a Type 4 injury?
In type IV separations, the fracture line is vertical. It extends through four distinct tissues/areas: metaphyseal bone, physeal cartilage, epiphyseal bone or cartilage and articular cartilage. The most common example of a type IV physeal injury is separation of the lateral condyle of the distal humerus.
What is a Type IV fracture?
Similar to a type III fracture, a type IV fracture is an intra-articular fracture; thus, it can result in chronic disability. By interfering with the growing layer of cartilage cells, these fractures can cause premature focal fusion of the involved bone. Therefore, these injuries can cause deformity of the joint.
How long does it take a wrist growth plate fracture to heal?
Your child will have to wear a cast until the bones heal. This can take from a few weeks to 2 months or more.
What are the 5 types of Salter-Harris fractures?
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- Salter I (Slipped) This is when the fracture line extends through the physis or within the growth plate.
- Salter II (Above) These are when the fracture extends through both the physis and metaphysis.
- Salter III (Lower)
- Salter IV (Through/Transverse)
- Salter V (Rammed/Ruined)
What is the Salter Harris classification?
The Salter-Harris classification system is a method used to grade fractures that occur in children and involve the growth plate, which is also known as the physis or physial plate. The classification system grades fractures according to the involvement of the physis, metaphysis, and epiphysis.
Are growth plate injuries serious?
Growth plate fractures often need immediate treatment because they can affect how the bone will grow. An improperly treated growth plate fracture could result in a fractured bone ending up more crooked or shorter than its opposite limb. With proper treatment, most growth plate fractures heal without complications.