PHYSEAL FRACTURES .3. CLASSIFICATION

Over the past 100 years, several attempts to classify physeal fracture s have been made. Each new classification has made changes to the prev iously existing classifications. After review of these classifications and of data collected from a population-based study (see Physeal Frac tures: Part 1. Epidemiology in Olmsted County, Minnesota, 1979-1988, p p. 423-30). a new classification was constructed. This classification includes two new fractures (see Physeal Fractures: Part 2. Two Previou sly Unclassified Types, pp. 431-38). This classification has sound ana tomic, epidemiologic, and prognostic bases.