Epiphyseal plate fractures are classified by: September 2005: (A) Herring's classification, (B) Salter-Harris classification, (C) Garden's classification, (D) Pauwel's classification
Answer is B. Ans. B: Salter-Harris Classification Salter-Harris classification (Type with the structure involved): Type I: The entire epiphysis Type II: Entire epiphysis + poion of the metaphysis Type III: Poion of the epiphysis Type IV: Poion of the epiphysis +poion of the metaphysis Type V: Nothing "broken off;" compression injury of the epiphyseal plate