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Skeletal fractures may go undetected and untreated in physically abused children for significant periods of time. When discovered later through radiographic survey, the time since injury (TSI) may be important for the medical diagnosis of physical abuse and have implications for child protection. Prior research suggests that clinical and biological variables, such as fracture location and age, may influence pediatric fracture healing. However, radiographic determination of TSI has been poorly studied until recently. It has been commonly understood that in general younger patients heal faster and lower extremity fractures heal slower than upper extremity fractures. However, the influence of patient age and fracture location on fracture healing has only been explored on a limited scale and not between pediatric age groups. This study examines the effect of age on specific features of pediatric fracture healing through radiographic analysis. Read More
Meeting name: SPR 2018 Annual Meeting & Postgraduate Course , 2018
Authors: Messer Diana, Adler Brent H., Brink Farah, Xiang Henry, Agnew Amanda
Healing fractures are a common radiographic finding in cases of child physical abuse. Accurate time since injury estimation of healing fractures may provide an opportunity for identification and characterization of physical abuse, especially in young children unable to verbalize. This study examines patterns of long bone fracture healing in a modern sample of young children. Read More
Meeting name: SPR 2020 Annual Meeting & Postgraduate Course , 2020
Authors: Messer Diana, Adler Brent, Ruess Lynne, Brink Farah, Xiang Henry, Agnew Amanda
Keywords: Child Abuse, Fracture Healing, Radiography