Reduction of an Unusual Salter-Harris Type IV Fracture of the Ulna

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We report the case of a 14-year-old boy with an isolated Salter-Harris type IV physeal fracture of the distal ulna.

Following failed closed reduction, transition to open reduction and pin fixation was required.

Six-month follow-up showed a favourable clinical evolution.

Evidence suggests that long-term follow-up is needed because of the increased risk of premature physeal closure and subsequent growth disturbances associated with this type of injury.