Describing a fracture

Clinical descriptors

Age

Gender

Mechanism of injury

Anatomic location

Soft tissue involvement

Key physical exam findings

Radiologic descriptors

Type of imaging

Anatomic location

Fracture pattern

Relationship of fragments

Physeal involvement

Apophyseal disruption

Joint involvement

Soft tissue involvement

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