3 Mnemonics for the Salter-Harris fracture classification system:
SALTER
Slipped (type I)
Above (type II)
Lower (type III)
Through Everything or transverse or together (type IV)
Ruined or Rammed (type V)
Salter
type 1: Slipped epiphysis
type 2: Above the eiphyseal plate
type 3: Lower than the eiphyseal plate
type 4: Through both above and below eiphyseal plate
type 5: Raised epiphysis, as in a compression injury
· Salter Harris classification utilises visualising long bone distal portion with diaphysis superiorly placed and epiphysis inferiorly placed.
SMACK
Slipped (type I)
Metaphyseal (type II)
Articular-epiphyseal (type III)
Complete-metaphysis and epiphysis (type IV)
Krushed! (type V)
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