If an immature child presents to the clinic with point tenderness over the distal physis of the wrist or ankle, but negative fracture by X-ray report or observation of films, your knowledge of the Salter-Harris fracture classification would identify
which of the following fractures? 1. Salter Harris I
2. Salter Harris II
3. Salter Harris III
4. Salter Harris IV
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1. Salter Harris I fracture classification describes injury through the growth plate in a skeletally immature child. This is not visible via radiographs, but pain and tenderness over the growth plate would be the best clinical exam.
2. Salter Harris I fracture classification describes injury through the growth plate in a skeletally immature child.
3. Salter Harris I fracture classification describes injury through the growth plate in a skeletally immature child.
4. Salter Harris I fracture classification describes injury through the growth plate in a skeletally immature child.
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