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A School-Age Child Has a Fractured Wrist with a Salter-Harris

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A school-age child has a fractured wrist with a Salter-Harris Type II fracture, according to the radiologist. What is true about this type of fracture?


A) Growth disturbance of the long bones of the arm is likely.
B) There is a metaphyseal fragment on the compression side of fracture.
C) There is usually a compression or crushing injury to the physis.
D) This will require anatomic reduction using an open approach.

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