title: Salter-Harris type-IV displaced distal radius fracture in a 5-year-old.
abstract: Displaced 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.
authors.affiliation: 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.
authors.forename: Samuel R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Huntley
authors.forename: Spencer H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Summers
authors.forename: Stephen J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Stricker
mesh_terms: D000058:Accidental Falls; D001863:Bone Screws; D002370:Casts, Surgical; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011885:Radius Fractures / Q000145:classification* / Q000601:surgery*