Growth-plate injuries of the shoulder and elbow are common injuries in youth and adolescent baseball players. The growth-plate (epiphyseal plate or physis) is an area of cartilage at the end of a b… ...

The fracture runs through the growth plate and metaphysis (narrow portion of the long bone) but does not result in significant displacement. Similar to type I, treatments involve a cast and ...

Elbow images. In image on the left (10-year-old boy), growth plate has not yet fused. On the right (15-year-old boy), growth plate has fused. Credit: RSNA/Radiology ...

Find out how your child's doctor will treat a growth plate fracture, how quickly it heals, and whether there are possible complications. Skip to main content . Home ; Conditions .

Restoring Elbow Stability After Fracture-Dislocation Part I: Elbow Anatomy and Patterns of Injury in Fracture-Dislocations. MedGenMed 1(1), 1999 [formerly published in Medscape Orthopaedics ...

Diamondbacks center fielder A.J. Pollock fractured his right elbow Friday and will require surgery, manager Chip Hale said. Hale said Arizona could know more Saturday about how long Pollock will ...

The authors discuss the use of a new central tension plate as an option in the treatment of intra-articular olecranon fractures. News & Perspective Drugs & Diseases ...

Growth-plate injuries of the shoulder and elbow are common injuries in youth and adolescent baseball players. The growth-plate (epiphyseal plate or physis) is an area of cartilage at the end of a ...

Skeletal maturity occurs when the growth plates have closed, and no more bone (or growth) is being made. This usually occurs at the end of puberty, typically around age 13 to 15 for girls and 15 ...

Elbow images. In image on the left (10-year-old boy), growth plate has not yet fused. On the right (15-year-old boy), growth plate has fused. CHICAGO – Youth baseball players are prone to elbow ...