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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. Category:Bone fractures - Wikipedia

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    Download QR code; Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Wikimedia Commons; ... Bosworth fracture; Boxer's fracture; Broken finger;

  7. Bone healing - Wikipedia

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    Bone healing, or fracture healing, is a proliferative physiological process in which the body facilitates the repair of a bone fracture. Generally, bone fracture treatment consists of a doctor reducing (pushing) displaced bones back into place via relocation with or without anaesthetic, stabilizing their position to aid union, and then waiting ...

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    The public health establishment, including the National Institute on Drug Abuse and the World Health Organization, has said that medications like buprenorphine (and methadone), when coupled with counseling, give people with opioid addiction the best odds for recovery. Buprenorphine is also more difficult to misuse than heroin.

  9. Percutaneous pinning - Wikipedia

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    Some fractures, however, cannot be held in a satisfactory position by this method, and require some additional form of fixation. This is the usual situation with all displaced fractures of the first metacarpal and of the proximal phalanges of the hand, and of about two thirds of fractures of the distal end of the radius. Percutaneous pinning is ...