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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. 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 ...

4. 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 ...

5. 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 ...

6. Traction splint - Wikipedia

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   A traction splint most commonly refers to a splinting device that uses straps attaching over the pelvis or hip as an anchor, a metal rod(s) to mimic normal bone stability and limb length, and a mechanical device to apply traction (used in an attempt to reduce pain, realign the limb, and minimize vascular and neurological complication) to the limb.

7. Fourth metacarpal bone - Wikipedia

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   A fracture of the fourth and/or fifth metacarpal bones transverse neck secondary due to axial loading is known as a boxer's fracture. [1] Ossification

8. Bennett's fracture - Wikipedia

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   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.

9. Hand wrap - Wikipedia

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   A hand wrap or wrist wrap is a strip of cloth used by boxers (and participants in other combat sports) to protect the hand and wrist against injuries induced by punching. It is wrapped securely around the wrist , the palm, and the base of the thumb , where it serves to both maintain the alignment of the joints, and to compress and lend strength ...