ABSTRACT
The prognosis for continued growth is favorable with experimentally created type I, II and III fractures. The prognosis for continual growth is less favorable with type IV frac - tures unless the physis is accurately realigned. Type V injuries are associated with crush - ing of the cartilagenous growth plate and carry a poor prognosis for continued growth. Un fortunately, the prognostic accuracy of the Salter-Harris classification scheme is not reliable in dogs sustaining traumatically induced physeal fractures. The classification scheme is more useful for describing the radiographic configuration of a particular phy - seal fracture. ii. Salter –Harris type IV fracture of the lateral portion of the humeral condyle.
