Statistical analysis of the incidence of physeal injuries.
The incidence of physeal injuries in nearly 2,000 bony injuries was 18%. They were commoner in adolescents and specifically more frequent in the upper limbs. The incidence of growth arrest was just over 1%, whereas the incidence of serious complication was less than 1%. The prognosis depends more on the site than the Salter-Harris classification. The proximal tibia is a common site for growth disturbance.
D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D001315:Australia; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D000072042:Salter-Harris Fractures