Pediatric Hand and Wrist Fractures
Kids are active, but not always graceful. Falls happen to children of all ages, and when they land on their outstretched hand or wrist, injuries can occur. Unfortunately, fractures are a right-of-passage for most children. Fractures are simply breaks or cracks in the bone. If they’ve already had an x-ray, and you’ve been told the bone was “broken." “hairline," “green stick," “buckled," “cracked," “chipped," "split," “shattered," or “splintered," these are all just different ways of describing a fracture.
Because children’s bones are more flexible than adults’, sometimes they “bend” or “buckle” like a “green stick” rather than cracking. Often the fractures occur around the soft growth plates at the wrist and bases of the fingers.
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