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  2. Boxer's fracture - Wikipedia

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    A boxer's fracture is the break of the fifth metacarpal bone of the hand near the knuckle. [4] Occasionally, it is used to refer to fractures of the fourth metacarpal as well. [1] Symptoms include pain and a depressed knuckle. [2] Classically, it occurs after a person hits an object with a closed fist. [3]

  3. List of eponymous fractures - Wikipedia

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    fracture of distal fibula with posterior dislocation of the proximal fibula behind the tibia: severe external rotation of the foot "Bosworth fracture dislocation". Medcyclopaedia. GE. Boxer's fracture: Boxers: fracture at the neck of the fifth metacarpal: punching solid object: Boxer's fracture at Wheeless' Textbook of Orthopaedics online ...

  4. List of orthopaedic eponyms - Wikipedia

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    Boxer's fracture; Bumper fracture; Burst fracture; Bosworth fracture; Chance fracture; Chopart's fracture-dislocation; Clay-Shoveller fracture; Colles' fracture; Cotton's fracture; Dupuytren's fracture; Duverney fracture; Essex-Lopresti fracture; Galeazzi fracture; Gosselin fracture; Hangman's fracture; Holstein–Lewis fracture; Holdsworth ...

  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. Bone fracture - Wikipedia

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    Boxer's fracture – a fracture at the neck of a metacarpal; Broken finger – a fracture of the carpal phalanges; Pelvic fracture. Fracture of the hip bone; Duverney fracture – an isolated pelvic fracture involving only the iliac wing; Femoral fracture. Hip fracture (anatomically a fracture of the femur bone and not the hip bone) Patella ...

  7. Classification of distal radius fractures - Wikipedia

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    Fracture with a dorsal tilt. Dorsal is left, and volar is right in the image. There are a number of ways to classify distal radius fractures.Classifications systems are devised to describe patterns of injury which will behave in predictable ways, to distinguish between conditions which have different outcomes or which need different treatments.

  8. Talk:Boxer's fracture - Wikipedia

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    As the previous section suggests, there is something wrong with the definition of a boxer's fracture. According to the lead, a boxer's fracture is in the second or third metacarpal. But the Anatomy section and the image imply a boxer's fracture may be in the fourth and fifth metacarpals ("Boxers fracture generally occurs in the 4th and/or 5th ...

  9. Fourth metacarpal bone - Wikipedia

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    The fourth metacarpal bone (metacarpal bone of the ring finger) is shorter and smaller than the third.. The base is small and quadrilateral; its superior surface presents two facets, a large one medially for articulation with the hamate, and a small one laterally for the capitate.