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Thirty-two age- and sex-matched control children without elbow fracture were selected from the same source population. Two radiologists independently reviewed all examinations, blinded to fracture status, and recorded the presence or absence of soft tissue swelling, joint effusion, abnormal ossific fragmentation, and abnormal medial or posterior forearm alignment. Findings were compared between children with and without separation injury.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      This study group included 51 children (32 boys, 19 girls; median age, 17\u00a0days, range, 0\u20131186\u00a0days). Soft-tissue swelling (anteroposterior: 94.7% vs 34.4%,\n                      <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                      &lt;.001; lateral: 78.9% vs 12.5%,\n                      <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                      &lt;.001), abnormal ossific fragmentation (78.9% vs 3.1%,\n                      <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                      &lt;.001), and abnormal forearm alignment (medial: 89.5% vs 0%,\n                      <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                      &lt;.001; posterior: 78.6% vs 0%,\n                      <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                      &lt;.001) were more common in children with physeal separation than those without. On multivariable analysis, abnormal medial forearm alignment remained associated with physeal separation (OR=104.2; 95% CI, 3.9\u20132775.5;\n                      <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                      =.001).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>In our study group, several radiographic findings were associated with distal humeral physeal separation in infants and toddlers; however, only abnormal medial forearm alignment remained strongly associated with physeal separation.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1007\/s00247-026-06790-0","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,26]],"date-time":"2026-09-26T09:08:34Z","timestamp":1790413714000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Distal humeral physeal separation: radiographic findings in infants and toddlers"],"prefix":"10.1007","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7145-0277","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Carlos","family":"Yaya-Quezada","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jie C.","family":"Nguyen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Julian","family":"Forero-Millan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5543-3215","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Samuel S.","family":"Hailu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Wondwossen T.","family":"Lerebo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Benjamin H.","family":"Taragin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,26]]},"reference":[{"key":"6790_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"393","DOI":"10.1148\/106.2.393","volume":"106","author":"LF Rogers","year":"1973","unstructured":"Rogers LF, Rockwood CA Jr. (1973) Separation of the entire distal humeral epiphysis. 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