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  2. Tibia shaft fracture - Wikipedia

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    Patients with tibial shaft fractures present with pain and localized swelling. [2] Due to the pain they are unable to bear weight. There may be deformity, angulation, or malroation of the leg. [2] Fractures that are open (bone exposed or breaking the skin) are common. [citation needed]

  3. Vertebral compression fracture - Wikipedia

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    A compression fracture is a collapse of a vertebra.It may be due to trauma or due to a weakening of the vertebra (compare with burst fracture).This weakening is seen in patients with osteoporosis or osteogenesis imperfecta, lytic lesions from metastatic or primary tumors, [1] or infection. [2]

  4. List of eponymous fractures - Wikipedia

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    radius shaft fracture with dislocation of distal radioulnar joint: blow to forearm: 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 ...

  5. Bone fracture - Wikipedia

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    One form of malunion is the malrotation of a bone, which is especially common after femoral and tibial fractures. [6] Complications of fractures may be classified into three broad groups, depending upon their time of occurrence. These are as follows – Immediate complications – occurs at the time of the fracture.

  6. Tibial plateau fracture - Wikipedia

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    This is a medial tibial plateau fracture with a split or depressed component. It is usually the result of a high energy injury and involves a varus force with axial loading at the knee. Represent 10% of all tibial plateau fractures. There is high risk of damage to the popliteal artery and peroneal nerve and therefore carry a worse prognosis.

  7. Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis - Wikipedia

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    In some, the x-ray findings may correspond to symptoms of back stiffness with flexion/extension or with mild back pain. [2] Back pain or stiffness may be worse in the morning. [ 4 ] Rarely, large anterior cervical spine osteophytes may affect the esophagus or the larynx and cause pain , difficulty swallowing [ 5 ] [ 6 ] or even dyspnea . [ 7 ]

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  9. Burst fracture - Wikipedia

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    A burst fracture is a type of traumatic spinal injury in which a vertebra breaks from a high-energy axial load (e.g., traffic collisions or falls from a great height or high speed, and some kinds of seizures), with shards of vertebra penetrating surrounding tissues and sometimes the spinal canal. [1] The burst fracture is categorized by the ...