distal

AO Classification

Types

1. Supracondylar

2. Unicondylar

3. Intracondylar

Xrays

Supracondylar / Extra-condylar

Epidemiology

Most common long bone fracture

Aetiology

Young patients / sports

Elderly / simple falls

MVA - often compound

Tscherne Soft Tissue Classification

Grade 0

- nil ST injury

Grade 1

Problem

1.  Undulating growth plate / higher rate of growth plate injury

- growth arrest / LLD

- angular deformity

- need to be warned

- require close and careful follow up especially in first 2 years

2.  Can be unstable / malunion and shortening very problematic in this area

Xray

Salter Harris I