SALTR – a useful memonic to help remember the five types…
SALTR – a useful memonic to help remember the five types of growth plate fracture (Salter-Harris classification). Fortunately the order also directly relates to prognosis from best to worse.
- S – slipped = type I
- A – above = type II
- L – lower = type III
- T – through or transverse or together = type IV
- R – ruined or rammed = type V
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