Salter Harris classification is used for -: (A) Supracondylar humerus fractures in children, (B) Estimation of growth of the physes, (C) Physeal injuries, (D) Severity of degloving injuries to the limb
Answer is C. Ans. is 'c' i.e., Physeal injuries Salter harris classification : Epiphyseal / Phvseal injurieso Type I: Complete separation of epiphysis from the metaphysis without fracture. Common in rickets, scurvy and osteomyelitis.o Type II: The fracture involves the physis and a triangle of metaphyseal bone (Thurston Holland sign). This is the commonest type of epiphyseal injury accounting for 73 percent of cases over 10 years of ageo Type III: The fracture is intra- articular and extends along the physis and then along the growth plate. This injury is relatively uncommon.o Type IV: The fracture is intra-articular and extends through the epiphysis, physis and metaphysis. Perfect reduction is necessary and open reduction is more often necessary to prevent growth arresto Type V: Crushing of epiphysis. Growth arrest usually followso Type VI (Rang's type) : There is a peripheral physis (perichondrial ring) injury.