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By Mayo Clinic staffTreatment for growth plate fractures depends on the severity of the fracture. The least serious fractures usually require only a cast or a splint. Injuries in which a part of the bone end has separated from the bone shaft typically will need surgical repair.
If your child has had a growth plate fracture, your doctor probably will want to compare the growth of the injured limb with that of its opposite limb every three to six months for at least two years. Depending on the severity of the fracture, your child may need follow-up visits until his or her bones have finished growing.
- Growth Plate Fractures, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, accessed 7/31/08, http://orthoinfo.aaos.org/fact/thr_report.cfm?Thread_ID=244&topcategory=Children
- Questions and Answers About Growth Plate Injuries, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, accessed 7/31/08, http://www.niams.nih.gov/hi/topics/growth_plate/growth.htm
- Kay, BK-B, Chapter 42 - Orthopedics, Children's Dislocations and Fractures, In: Doherty GM, CURRENT Surgical Diagnosis & Treatment, 12th Edition, 2006, The McGraw Hill Company, accessed 7/21/08, http://www.accessmedicine.com/resourceTOC.aspx?resourceID=23
- Green NE, Chapter 8 - Fractures of the Forearm, Wrist and Hand: Management of Specific Injuries: Growth Plate Injuries To The Distal Radius and Ulna. In: Skeletal Trauma in Children, 3rd ed., 2003, Saunders, accessed on 7/23/08 through MDConsult, http://www.mdconsult.com/das/book/body/100201301-4/728371990/1219/127.html#4-u1.0-B0-7216-9294-X..50013-2--cesec62_310
