TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Orthopedic Injuries
A1  - Canty, Greg
A2  - Schafermeyer, Robert
A2  - Tenenbein, Milton
A2  - Macias, Charles G.
A2  - Sharieff, Ghazala Q.
A2  - Yamamoto, Loren G.
PY  - 2014
T2  - Strange and Schafermeyer's Pediatric Emergency Medicine, 4e
AB  - Fractures  account  for  10%  to  15%  of  all  childhood  injuries.Fractures  may  be  more  common  than  sprains,  ligamentous  injuries,  due  to  the  relative  weakness  of  the  physis,  or  growth  plate.Injuries  to  the  physis  may  lead  to  long-term  growth  abnormalities  or  growth  arrest.Radiographs  are  more  difficult  to  interpret  in  children  than  in  adults,  as  the  physis  is  radiolucent  and  there  are  secondary  ossification  centers.The  majority  (75%)  of  physis  fractures  are  Salter  II  fractures.Up  to  50%  of  fractures  in  children  younger  than  1  year  may  be  due  to  nonaccidental  trauma.  
SN  - 
PB  - McGraw-Hill Education
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/19
UR  - accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1105681456
ER  -