Fractures- Children

Question 1

define

• SALTER-HARRIS
• torus
• greenstick

fractures

Answer 1

• salter-harris
  
  • fractures involving the epiphyseal growth plate
• torus
  
  • incomplete fractures of the shaft of a long bone that is characterised by bulging of the cortex
• greenstick
  
  • one side of the bone is broken and the other only bent

Question 2

why are physis fracture common and what is a seqelae of it happening

Answer 2

• physis weak
• growth arrest risk

Question 3

Describe the different types of growth plate fractures according to the Salter-Harris classification and which ones have high risk of growth arrest

Answer 3

1&2–> low risk

3-5–> high risk

Question 4

what are common sites of injury?

Answer 4

ankle, tibia

Question 5

management of childhood fractures?

Answer 5

• conservative
• operative
  
  • external fixation
  • internal fixation
    
    • IM nail