• J Pediatr Orthop B · Mar 2016

    Case Reports

    Salter-Harris type-IV displaced distal radius fracture in a 5-year-old.

    • Samuel R Huntley, Spencer H Summers, and Stephen J Stricker.
    • aDepartment of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami bDepartment of Pediatric Orthopaedics, Jackson Memorial Medical Center, Miami, Florida, USA.
    • J Pediatr Orthop B. 2016 Mar 1; 25 (2): 170-3.

    AbstractDisplaced Salter-Harris type-IV fractures are rare in young children and can result in articular incongruity or premature physeal arrest. We describe a 5-year-old boy who sustained a displaced left distal radial Salter-Harris type-IV fracture. The patient had normal wrist function and physeal growth at the 3-year postoperative follow-up. Our patient is by far the youngest reported child with a displaced Salter-Harris type-IV fracture of the distal radius. Prompt anatomic reduction and fixation of a displaced distal radial Salter-Harris type-IV fracture can result in excellent short-term wrist motion with maintenance of physeal function.

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