Score: Salter-Harris classification

Use: Physeal injuries

Type I

Fracture through the growth plate

Type II

Fracture through the growth plate and metaphysis

Type III

Fracture through the growth plate and epiphysis

Type IV

Fracture through the growth plate, epiphysis and metaphysis

Type V

Crush or compression injury of the growth plate

Reference

Classification and Diagnosis in Orthopaedic Trauma. Editors: Rahij Anwar, Kenneth W. R. Tuson, Shah Alam Khan. Cambridge University Press, 2008