hairline fracture- a fracture without separation of the fragments and the line of the break being very thin capillary fracture fracture,break- breaking of hard tissue such as bone; "it was a nasty fracture"; "the break seems to have been caused by a fall" ...
1.(Pathology) Also called:callosityan area of skin that is hard or thick, esp on the palm of the hand or sole of the foot, as from continual friction or pressure 2.(Pathology) an area of bony tissue formed during the healing of a fractured bone ...
Bone tenderness in the posterior half of the lower 6 cm of the fibula or tibia or over the navicular or fifth metatarsal increases the risk for fracture. Another indication for radiographs is inability to bear weight immediately after injury or within 10 days of injury. 31. What is the best...
Mechanism of Injury and General Information • Impaction or crush type fractures result from axial load through metatarsal, navicular, and talus • Shear fractures result from forefoot adduction and hindfoot inversion • Isolated head fractures rare • Often associated with surrounding joint fractu...
of osteoporosis without presence of a trauma has been reported in young males in the literature. In the current case report, a 41-year-old male patient who was admitted with complaints of pain in the left heel and diagnosed with calcaneal avulsion fracture that developed on the basis of ...
Fractures at the base of a metatarsal heal less well than midshaft fractures Full size image Generally, stress fractures can be due to abnormal stress on normal bone or fatigue fractures, while insufficiency fractures occur because of normal stress on abnormal bone. The differentiation between a ...
(d) Articular surface of cuboid between the cuboid and the fifth metatarsal. Figure 5 Open in figure viewerPowerPoint Intraoperative findings. (a) Artificial bone was applied into a large defect of the bone using a bone biopsy needle. (b) Appearance after the defect had been filled with ...
Foot Tarsals, metatarsals, pedal phalanges Figs. 4.4 and 4.5 display the fracture data as proportions of the total number of fractures observed in the skeletal sample or admitted to hospital. A z-test for two proportions was performed upon these data. The proportion of skull, torso, hand, ...
The most common fracture of the metatarsal bones is an avulsion fracture of the base of the fifth metatarsal, an avulsion of the tuberosity caused by contraction of the peroneus brevis muscle. This is frequently a consequence of stepping into a hole, off a step, or twisting the foot. ...
Fifth metatarsal • Case immobilization or percutaneous screw recommended due to high incidence of nonunion • Tibial • Aircast splinting* • Casting for mid-shaft fractures until patient is pain free • Intramedullary nailing and/or grafting if anterior tibial cortex shows no improvement afte...