RT Book, Section
A1 Canty, Greg
A2 Schafermeyer, Robert
A2 Tenenbein, Milton
A2 Macias, Charles G.
A2 Sharieff, Ghazala Q.
A2 Yamamoto, Loren G.
SR Print(0)
ID 1105681456
T1 Orthopedic Injuries
T2 Strange and Schafermeyer's Pediatric Emergency Medicine, 4e
YR 2014
FD 2014
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-182926-7
LK accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1105681456
RD 2024/04/20
AB Fractures  account  for  10%  to  15%  of  all  childhood  injuries.Fractures  may  be  more  common  than  sprains,  ligamentous  injuries,  due  to  the  relative  weakness  of  the  physis,  or  growth  plate.Injuries  to  the  physis  may  lead  to  long-term  growth  abnormalities  or  growth  arrest.Radiographs  are  more  difficult  to  interpret  in  children  than  in  adults,  as  the  physis  is  radiolucent  and  there  are  secondary  ossification  centers.The  majority  (75%)  of  physis  fractures  are  Salter  II  fractures.Up  to  50%  of  fractures  in  children  younger  than  1  year  may  be  due  to  nonaccidental  trauma.