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Torus fracture. A Torus fracture, also known as a buckle fracture is the most common fracture in children. [1] It is a common occurrence following a fall, as the wrist absorbs most of the impact and compresses the bony cortex on one side and remains intact on the other, creating a bulging effect. [2] As the bulge is only on one side of the bone ...
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.
Bennett's fracture. The Bennett fracture is an oblique intraarticular metacarpal fracture dislocation, caused by an axial force directed against the partially flexed metacarpal. This type of compression along the metacarpal bone is often sustained when a person punches a hard object, such as the skull or tibia of an opponent, or a wall.
Specialty. Hand surgery. The Rolando fracture is a type of broken finger involving the base of the thumb. [1] It is an intra-articular fracture. [2] It was first described in 1910 by Silvio Rolando. [3] It is typically T- or Y-shaped.
Galeazzi fracture at eMedicine. Gosselin fracture. Leon Athanese Gosselin. V-shaped distal tibia fracture extending into the tibial plafond. Gosselin's fracture at TheFreeDictionary.com. Hangman's fracture. Hangman. fracture of both pedicles of C2. distraction and extension of neck.
Specialty. Hand surgery, orthopedics. Gamekeeper's thumb (also known as skier's thumb or UCL tear) is a type of injury to the ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) of the thumb. The UCL may be merely stretched, or it may be torn from its insertion site into the proximal phalanx of the thumb. [1] This condition is commonly observed among gamekeepers ...
De Quervain syndrome occurs when two tendons that control movement of the thumb become constricted by their tendon sheath in the wrist. [3][5][6] This results in pain and tenderness on the thumb side of the wrist. [3] Radial abduction of the thumb is painful. [6] On some occasions, there is uneven movement or triggering of the thumb with radial ...
Supracondylar humeral fracture, treated with closed reduction and pinning. Specialty. orthopedic. [edit on Wikidata] Percutaneous pinning is a technique used by orthopedic and podiatric surgeons for the stabilization of unstable fractures. Percutaneous pinning involves inserting wires through a person's skin for stabilizing the fractured bone.