Fractures
Physeal
Basic Information 
Clinical Presentation
Disease Forms/Subtypes
• Type I: Fracture through the physis (involves only the zone of hypertrophied chondrocytes); most common
• Type II: Fracture across the physis and extends into a portion of the metaphysis
• Type III: Fracture involving the physis and epiphysis (this type extends into the joint)
• Type IV: Fracture involving the physis, epiphysis, and metaphysis (this type also extends into the joint)
• Type V: Compression injury of the physis
• Type VI: Periosteal bridging between the metaphysis and epiphysis
