A Salter-Harris fracture is a fracture in the growth plate of a child’s bone. A growth plate is a layer of growing tissue close to the ends of a child’s bone. Growth plates are fragile ...

Low-risk injuries in the lower extremities among children include lateral ankle sprains and isolated nondisplaced distal fibular Salter–Harris I, II or avulsion ...

A Salter-Harris fracture is an injury to the growth plate area of a child’s bone. The growth plate is a soft area of cartilage at the ends of long bones. These are bones that are longer than ...