Clean FRCS notes with inline figures
What affected remodeling of the paed fracture?
•Age >=2y remaining growth
•Amount of deformity
•Distance from physis
•Direction of deformity
Difference between adult and paedi fracture?
•Thick cartilage cap, need arthrogram to visualize articular fracture
•Thick periosteum
•More collagen, more ductile
•More cancellous bone, less comminution
•Bone is weaker than ligament/ tendon
•Remodeling power
•Growth disturbance
•Torus Greenstick fracture: fail in tension, plastic deformity
•Buckle=torus fracture: fail in compression