Fig. 1: A Salter–Harris type II fracture of left tibia and fibula similar to the one presented by Murphy et al. compared with TB1’s amputation.
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The amputation site is more proximal (white box) to the region of Salter–Harris physeal fractures (white dashed oval). At minimum, three different angles of force are present in TB1’s amputation (red dashed lines) as opposed to one angle of force in Salter–Harris type II. Medial physis fracture of the tibia is absent in TB1 as is necessary for Salter–Harris type II classification with fibular involvement (see figure 1 of Murphy et al.1). Scale bar, 10.0 mm.
