Useful mnemonics for remembering the Salter-Harris classification system are:
- SALTR
- SMACK
- SMETI
Fortunately, this is also the order of prognosis (from best to worse)
Mnemonics
SALTR
- S: slipped (type I)
- A: above or away from joint (type II)
- L: lower (type III)
- T: through or transverse or together (type IV)
- R: ruined or rammed (type V)
SMACK
- S: slipped (type I)
- M: metaphyseal (type II)
- A: articular-epiphyseal (type III)
- C: complete-metaphysis and epiphysis (type IV)
- K: krushed! (type V)
SMETI
- S: slipped (type I)
- M: metaphyseal (type II)
- E: epiphyseal (type III)
- T: through or transverse or together (type IV)
- I: impacted (type V)