Burst fracture of C1 ring which can be caused by diving.
What is JEFFERSON FRACTURE?
100
Fracture of wrist with distal portion POSTERIORLY displaced.
What is COLLE'S FRACTURE?
100
Open fractures most commonly occur in this bone.
What is TIBIA?
100
Most common facial fracture.
What is a NASAL FRACTURE (BROKEN NOSE)?
200
Common bone for compression fracture.
What is VERTEBRAE?
200
Common # of downhill skiers.
What is BOOT TOP FRACTURE? Prior to rigid boots skiiers commonly fracture their ankles.
200
Fracture at base of 1st metacarpal usually including dislocation.
What is BENNET'S FRACTURE?
200
Common fracture of women between 60-80 yrs that usually arises due to a fall on the greater trochanter.
What is FRACTURE OF FEMORAL NECK (HIP)?
200
Fracture common to a twisting injury.
What is SPIRAL FRACTURE?
300
Fracture at right angle to bone's long axis.
What is TRANSVERSE?
300
Fracture to base of 5th metatarsal most often caused without significant injury or impact i.e. dancing.
What is JONES FRACTURE?
300
Fracture at neck of 5th metacarpal.
What is BOXER'S FRACTURE?
300
Fracture to lateral or medial malleoli of ankle often caused in same way as an ankle sprain.
What is POTT'S FRACTURE?
300
This is why older people more commonly have compression fractures.
What is OSTEOPOROSIS?
400
The greatest risk of an open fracture.
What is INFECTION?
400
Most common cause for distal radius fracture.
What is FOOSH INJURY? (Fall On Out Stretched Hand)
400
Fracture of wrist with distal portion ANTERIORLY displaced.
What is SMITH FRACTURE?
400
Closed fracture where a piece of bone is broken off by a sudden forceful contraction of a muscle where the tendon or ligament pulls off a piece of bone.
What is AVULSION FRACTURE?
400
This is an example of an incomplete fracture almost exclusive to children.
What is GREENSTICK FRACTURE?
500
Fracture with bone in more than 2 fragments.
What is COMMINUTED?
500
A fracture that produces a tear in a semi lunar cartilage along the medial side of a joint. Hint: Highly indicative of child abuse.
What is BUCKET HANDLE or CORNER FRACTURE?
500
Visible clue in lateral x-rays to detect elbow fracture.
What is DISPLACEMENT OF FAT PAD?
Normally hidden posterior fat pad is displaced by effusion & then becomes visible in lat x-ray of elbow.
500
This is how the leg of a patient with a hip fracture looks.
What is SHORTENED & EXTERNALLY ROTATED?
500
Why incomplete fractures are most common in children.
What is due to the SOFTNESS OF THEIR CANCELLOUS BONE?