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Table 2 Salter-Harris classification and complications of injuries to the proximal tibia.

From: Salter-Harris II injury of the proximal tibial epiphysis with both vascular compromise and compartment syndrome: a case report

Author et al

No Salter-Harris

VC

AM

CS

 

0*

I

II

III

IV

V

   

Aitkin (1956) [5]

0

0

1

1

0

0

0

0

0

Shelton (1979) [3]

0

9

17

10

3

0

2

2

1

Burkhart (1979) [2]

0

3

9

6

8

2

1

1

1

Bertin (1983) [6]

0

1

7

4

1

0

1

0

0

Gill (1984) [9]

0

0

2

1

0

0

1

1

0

Poulsen (1989) [7]

0

0

4

4

6

1

0

0

0

Wozasek (1991) [4]

8

5

11

4

1

0

4

1

0

Gautier (1998) [10]

0

3

0

1

2

0

1

0

0

Rhemrev (2000) [8]

0

1

1

2

2

0

0

0

0

Totals

8

6%

22

16%

52

37%

33

23%

23

16%

3 2%

10

7%

4

3%

2

1%

  1. *Wozasek et al classified tenderness at the epiphysis and impaired knee joint function with normal radiograph findings as type 0. VC = Vascular Compromise AM = Amputation CS = Compartment syndrome
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