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Friday, 30 September 2016

image based Q. 50 - Injury to growth plates

Q- Regions of physis not interfered in below injury are all except?




a. Endochondral ossification
b. Germinal Zone
c. Proliferative Zone
d. Articular surface
e.Hypertrophic Zone















































































Answer -
a and e

The metaphyseal fragment in the given image (Arrow) suggeste type 2 Salter -Harris physal injury. The fragment is called Thurston- Holland sign/fragment. 
All except a and e are not involved thus the prognosis is better in these fractures while managed by simple closed reduction and splinting.



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