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Salter-Harris IV

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A grade IV fracture occurs through the shaft, the epiphyseal plate, the epiphysis and into the joint.

The detached pieces of bone consists of a fragments of the shaft, epiphyseal plate and epiphysis.

There is disruption of the growth plate and the articular surface.


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