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  2. List of eponymous fractures - Wikipedia

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    Practical Fracture Treatment 5th edition, page 187. Elsevier Health Sciences, 2008. ISBN 978-0-443-06876-8. Jefferson fracture: Sir Geoffrey Jefferson: fracture of first cervical vertebra: compression of neck: Jefferson fracture at Whonamedit? Jones fracture: Sir Robert Jones: fracture of base of 5th metatarsal extending into intermetatarsal ...

  3. 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

  4. Bone fracture - Wikipedia

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    A bone fracture (abbreviated FRX or Fx, F x, or #) is a medical condition in which there is a partial or complete break in the continuity of any bone in the body. In more severe cases, the bone may be broken into several fragments, known as a comminuted fracture. [1]

  5. Spinal fracture - Wikipedia

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    Clay-shoveler fracturefracture through the spinous process of a vertebra occurring at any of the lower cervical or upper thoracic vertebrae; Burst fracture – in which a vertebra breaks from a high-energy axial load; Compression fracture – a collapse of a vertebra, often resulting in the form of a wedge-shape due to larger compression ...

  6. 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 ...

  7. Distal radius fracture - Wikipedia

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    Distal radius fracture; Other names: Broken wrist [1] A Colles fracture as seen on X-ray: It is a type of distal radius fracture. Specialty: Orthopedics, emergency medicine: Symptoms: Pain, bruising, and swelling of the wrist [1] Usual onset: Sudden [1] Types: Colles' fracture, Smith's fracture, Barton's fracture, Hutchinson fracture [2] Causes ...

  8. Pathologic fracture - Wikipedia

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    Fragility fracture is a type of pathologic fracture that occurs as a result of an injury that would be insufficient to cause fracture in a normal bone. [2] There are three fracture sites said to be typical of fragility fractures: vertebral fractures, fractures of the neck of the femur, and Colles fracture of the wrist. This definition arises ...

  9. Open fracture - Wikipedia

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    An open fracture can be life threatening or limb-threatening (person may be at risk of losing a limb) due to the risk of a deep infection and/or bleeding. Open fractures are often caused by high energy trauma such as road traffic accidents and are associated with a high degree of damage to the bone and nearby soft tissue. [1]

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