Buckle fractures are a type of bone injury that happen in children. They're incomplete fractures — the bone is not broken all the way through. These fractures result from sudden force or ...

We defined a buckle fracture as a fracture categorized as buckle by at least 6 of the 8 most experienced doctors on both readings. We identified 65 such fractures. 53 of these stable fractures ...

Placing stable fractures, such as buckle fractures, in categories for unstable fractures will cause more follow-up than necessary. This is costly both for patients and society. On the other hand ...