A Salter-Harris fracture is an injury to the growth plate area of a child’s bone. We explain the types, treatments, and recovery times for this injury.

A distal radius fracture is one of the most common bone injuries. ... Salter-Harris type fracture: A Salter-Harris type fracture is a break of the growth plate in children.

A broken wrist or distal radius fracture is an extremely common type of fracture. It accounts for 25% to 50% of all broken bones and is most commonly seen in older females and young males.

Distal radius fractures is the most common fracture in childhood. [1] Most of these fractures are treated conservatively in a plaster and complications are rare. Although these fractures generally ...

Buckle fractures of the distal radius are common in children between 2 and 12 years of age. Buckle (torus) fractures occur when the bony cortex is compressed and bulges, without extension of the ...

Of the 16.4% of POSNA members who completed the survey, results showed 81.2% reported no complications from Salter-Harris 1 distal fibula fracture treatment and 87.8% reported no complications ...

Key takeaways: From 2010 to 2022, 12% of patients in a U.S. database underwent delayed surgery for distal radius fractures. Smoking status, comorbidities, insurance type and geographic region were ...

Point-of-care ultrasound fracture — physis distance association with Salter-Harris II fractures of the distal radius in children: the ‘POCUS 1-cm rule’. Ultrasound Med Biol 2023;49:520-526 ...