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ELBOW DISLOCATION 1

Physeal (Salter I) fractures usually involve the hypertrophic zone, sparing the two growth zones (closest to epiphysis) of the physis

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Longitudinal bone growth [Wikimedia Commons]
Fig. 1 Normal histologic anatomy of the region of the chondro-osseous junction of the left distal tibia in a fatally abused 3-month-old infant. a Composite shows the histology of the lateral half of the tibia and diagram of the medial half. The physis is situated between the epiphyseal cartilage and the metaphysis. The bone marrow within the metaphysis is traversed vertically by trabeculae and surrounded by bony cortex. The periosteum covers the cortex at the level of the metaphysis and the physis. The periosteum continues beyond the physis to become the perichondrium,

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MJA Practice Essentials: Paediatrics — Fractures and minor head injuries: minor injuries in children II

References

Young S, Barnett P, Oakley E. MJA Practice Essentials: Paediatrics — Fractures and minor head injuries: minor injuries in children II. MJA. 2005; 182 (12): 644-648.

 

 

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