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Distal Femoral Physeal Fractures Wheeless (Visit this link)
- account for approx 5% of all physeal fractures;
- displacement in sagittal plane is assoc with Neuro/Vascular injury in popliteal fossa and instability on closed reduction;
- common mechanism is hyperextension causing anterior displacement of epiphysis;
- displacement in coronal plane is not assoc with other injuries, & joint may be stable after closed reduction.
Wheeless' Textbook of Orthopaedics
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