Triplane Fracture Wheeless

Description: - name derives from the fact that the fracture exists in the frontal, lateral, and transverse planes;
- fracture tends to occur in older children and young adolescents during an 18 month window, prior to physeal closure;
- lateral portion of epiphysis is the last to close leaving it vulnerable to injury;
- epiphyseal arrest and angular deformity are uncommon
Wheeless' Textbook of Orthopaedics