Salter Harris Fractures

By definition, fractures occur through growth plates (pediatric population)

• Type I = transverse fracture through hypertrophic zone of physis
• Type II = fracture through physis and metaphysis, NOT involving epiphysis (most common type)
• Type III = fracture through physis and epiphysis, Rx = surgery
• Type IV = fracture of all three elements, intra-articular
• Type V = compression or crush injury