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  2. Broken finger - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  3. Rolando fracture - Wikipedia

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    The Rolando fracture is a type of broken finger involving the base of the thumb. [1] It is an intra-articular fracture. [2]

  4. List of eponymous fractures - Wikipedia

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    fracture of the distal third of the humerus resulting in entrapment of the radial nerve: Holstein-Lewis fracture at Orthopedic Weblinks Holdsworth fracture: Sir Frank Wild Holdsworth: unstable spinal fracture-dislocation at the thoracolumbar junction: Thoracic Spine Fractures and Dislocations at eMedicine: Hume fracture: A.C. Hume

  5. Hand injury - Wikipedia

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    Fractures of the fingers occur when the finger or hands hit a solid object. Fractures are most common at the base of the little finger (boxer's fracture). Nerve injuries occur as a result of trauma, compression or over-stretching. Nerves send impulses to the brain about sensation and also play an important role in finger movement.

  6. Bennett's fracture - Wikipedia

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    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. It can ...

  7. Jammed finger - Wikipedia

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    Fractures are instances where the bone's structural integrity has been compromised. [20] If a jammed finger produces a fracture, pain will be greatest at the bone as opposed to the joint. [2] There may also be visual deformation of the bone itself. [6] As with any skeletal injury, an x-ray can be conducted to verify the presence of a fracture. [1]

  8. Müller AO Classification of fractures - Wikipedia

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    The Müller AO Classification of fractures is a system for classifying bone fractures initially published in 1987 [1] by the AO Foundation as a method of categorizing injuries according to therognosis of the patient's anatomical and functional outcome. "AO" is an initialism for the German "Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Osteosynthesefragen", the ...

  9. Category:Bone fractures - Wikipedia

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    Calcaneal fracture; Catagmatic; Cervical fracture; Chalkstick fracture; Chance fracture; Chauffeur's fracture; Child bone fracture; Chopart's fracture–dislocation; Classification of distal radius fractures; Clavicle fracture; Clay-shoveler fracture; Coccyx fracture; Colles' fracture; Crus fracture; Cuboid fracture; Cuneiform fracture