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Nonunion is permanent failure of healing following a broken bone unless intervention (such as surgery) is performed. A fracture with nonunion generally forms a structural resemblance to a fibrous joint, and is therefore often called a "false joint" or pseudoarthrosis (from Greek pseudo-, meaning false, and arthrosis, meaning joint).
X-ray of the cervical spine with a Hangman's fracture. Left without, right with annotation. It can be seen clearly that C2 (red outline) is moved forward with respect to C3 (blue outline).
A broken finger or finger fracture is a common type of bone fracture, affecting a finger. [1] Symptoms may include pain, swelling, tenderness, bruising, deformity and reduced ability to move the finger. [2] Although most finger fractures are easy to treat, failing to deal with a fracture appropriately may result in long-term pain and disability ...
Jammed finger is a colloquialism referring to a variety of injuries to the joints of the fingers, resulting from axial loading beyond that which the ligaments can withstand. Common parts of the finger susceptible to this type of injury are ligaments , joints , and bones .
Bennett fracture is a type of partial broken finger involving the base of the thumb, and extends into the carpometacarpal (CMC) joint. [1]Treatment typically requires surgery.
914 Superficial injury of hand(s) except finger(s) alone; 915 Superficial injury of finger(s) 916 Superficial injury of hip, thigh, leg, and ankle; 917 Superficial injury of foot and toe(s) 918 Superficial injury of eye and adnexa; 919 Superficial injury of other, multiple, and unspecified sites
In those with more than 70 degrees of angulation or in which the broken finger is rotated, reduction and splinting may be recommended. [3] They represent about a fifth of hand fractures. [4] They occur more commonly in males than females. [4] Both short and long term outcomes are generally good. [4]
In medicine, the Ilizarov apparatus is a type of external fixation apparatus used in orthopedic surgery to lengthen or to reshape the damaged bones of an arm or a leg; used as a limb-sparing technique for treating complex fractures and open bone fractures; and used to treat an infected non-union of bones, which cannot be surgically resolved.