A 4 year old child suffered from a fall on outstretched hand. X rays revealed a fracture with the fracture line at the physes with a small metaphyseal fragment.There was no epiphyseal fracture. What type of injury by Salter Harris Classification is this ?
Answer- B. IIType II : The fracture involves the physis and a triangle of metaphyseal bone (Thurston Holland sign).This is the commonest type of epiphyseal injury.
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