- Discussion:
- occurs after age 10;
- mechanism: shear or avlusion with angular force;
- cartilage failure on the tension side;
- petaphyseal failure on the compression side;
- w/ type II frxs, there is a division between epiphysis & metaphysis except for a
flake of metaphyseal bone is carried w/ epiphysis, (Thurston Holland sign)
- healing is rapid, and growth is rarely disturbed;
- note: Type II frx of
distal femur and tibia may result in growth deformity;
