Analysis of Physeal Fractures from the United States National Trauma Data Bank

• Main Authors: Joseph R. Fuchs (Author), Romie F. Gibly (Author), Christopher B. Erickson (Author), Stacey M. Thomas (Author), Nancy Hadley Miller (Author), Karin A. Payne (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2022-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Pediatric long-bone physeal fractures can lead to growth deformities. Previous studies have reported that physeal fractures make up 18-30% of total fractures. This study aimed to characterize physeal fractures with respect to sex, age, anatomic location, and Salter-Harris (SH) classifica...