Delayed Presentation of Displaced Salter-Harris III Distal Tibia Fracture: Does Transfracture Reduction Yield Satisfactory Outcomes?

Nicholas Poulos; Jeffrey Byrd; Brady Ernst; Sreenivasulu Metikala

doi:10.1177/19386400231183877

Delayed Presentation of Displaced Salter-Harris III Distal Tibia Fracture: Does Transfracture Reduction Yield Satisfactory Outcomes?

Foot Ankle Spec. 2023 Jul 4:19386400231183877. doi: 10.1177/19386400231183877. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Nicholas Poulos¹, Jeffrey Byrd¹, Brady Ernst¹, Sreenivasulu Metikala¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, Virginia.

PMID: 37401799
DOI: 10.1177/19386400231183877

Abstract

Level V.

Keywords: Salter-Harris III; distal tibial physeal fracture; growth arrest; pediatric ankle fracture; physeal injury; premature physeal closure; transfracture reduction.