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Wrist Fractures Wrist Fractures. A wrist fracture is a medical term for a broken wrist. The wrist is made up of eight small bones which connect with the two long forearm bones called the radius and ulna. Although a broken wrist can happen in any of these 10 bones, by far the most common bone to break is the radius.
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Elbow Fracture An elbow fracture is a break in one or more of the 3 bones that form your elbow joint. An elbow fracture is often caused by an injury. An example is a fall onto an outstretched hand with a bent elbow. Osteoporosis (brittle bones) can increase your risk for an elbow fracture.
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Proximal, Mid-Shaft, and Distal Humerus Fractures The humerus bone is the long bone that runs from a patient’s shoulder to their elbow. A humerus fracture is usually divided into three different types of injuries: proximal fractures, mid-shaft and distal humerus fractures. Most commonly, a fracture of the humerus occurs close to the shoulder.
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- There are two ways supracondylar fractures occur, high impact on a hyperextended elbow or a supracondylar flexion of more than 90 degrees. Fractures of the distal humerus are most commonly due to a falling on your hand with arms fully extended, causing direct trauma to the elbow. The distal condylar complex would shift in either the posterolateral or posteromedial direction, which account for approximately 95% of supracondylar fractures.
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Radial Head Fracture: Diagnosis, Classification and Treatment Radial head fracture is a fracture of the upper end of the radius bone where it articulates with the lower end of the humerus bone. It can result from. 1  fall on the outstretched hand.  along with dislocation of the elbow joint.
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Forearm fracture (516) 321-7500. Forearm fracture. Your forearm — the length of arm between your wrist and elbow — is made up of two bones, called the radius and the ulna. If your arms are hanging at your sides with your palms facing back, the radius is the bone facing toward your body, and the ulna is the bone facing away from it.
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Wrist Fractures Wrist Fractures. A wrist fracture is a medical term for a broken wrist. The wrist is made up of eight small bones which connect with the two long forearm bones called the radius and ulna. Although a broken wrist can happen in any of these 10 bones, by far the most common bone to break is the radius. This is called a distal radius fracture by hand surgeons (Figure 1). Some wrist fractures are stable. “Non-displaced” breaks, in which the bones do not move out of place initially, can be stable.
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Anatomy A clavicle fracture is a break in the collarbone, one of the main bones in the shoulder. This type of fracture is fairly common—accounting for about 5 percent of all adult fractures. Most clavicle fractures occur when a fall onto the shoulder or an outstretched arm puts enough pressure on the bone that it snaps or breaks. A broken collarbone can be very painful and can make it hard to move your arm.
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Elbow Fractures The different types of elbow fractures include: Radial head and neck fractures (Figure 2) Pain is usually worse with forearm rotation (turning the palm up and down). The treatment for this fracture depends on the number and size of the bone fragments.
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What is Distal Radius Fracture? The larger of the two bones of the forearm is known as radius. The end of the arm towards the wrist is called the distal end. When the area of the radius near the wrist breaks, it results in fracture of the distal radius, which is a common type of bone fracture. It usually occurs about 1 inch from the end of the bone. Since it is close to the wrist joint, this type of fracture is often called as wrist fracture.
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What is Distal Radius Fracture? The larger of the two bones of the forearm is known as radius. The end of the arm towards the wrist is called the distal end. When the area of the radius near the wrist breaks, it results in fracture of the distal radius, which is a common type of bone fracture. It usually occurs about 1 inch from the end of the bone.
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Broken Arm A broken or fractured arm means that one or more of the bones of the arm have been cracked. This is a common injury occurring in both children and adults. In adults, fractures of the arm account for nearly half of all broken bones.In children, fractures of the forearm are second only to broken collarbones. broken or fractured arm means that one or more of the bones of the arm have been cracked. This is a common injury occurring in both children and adults. In adults, fractures of the arm account for nearly half of all broken bones.
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Arm Bones The bones of the arm, wrist and hand labelled on the right include: the humerus (upper-arm bone and the following features on the humerus greater tubercle, head (of humerus), lateral epicondyle, medial epicondyle) the radius (lower-arm bone), the ulna (lower-arm bone), the 8 carpal bones scaphoid, trapezium; trapezoid, lunate, pisiform, triquetrum, hamate, capitate, the 5 metacarpal bones, and ; the 14 phalanges. Upper Arm: The upper-arm is the part of the arm from the shoulder to the elbow joint. The humerus bone is the largest and longest bone in the arm. It consists of two extremities, the head of humerus at the top and a lower extremity on either side of which are the internal (medial) and external (lateral) condyles.
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Proximal Humeral Fractures Proximal Humeral Fractures. Fractures of the proximal humerus are common, accounting for 5% of all fractures. These fractures tend to occur in older patients who are osteoporotic. The most common mechanism for these fractures is a fall on the outstretched hand from a standing height. In younger patients, high-energy trauma is the cause of injury.
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- A proximal humerus fracture is the. most common fracture of the shoulder, lying at the upper end of the humerus, or arm bone. Fractures of this region. are common both with high-energy. injuries in people of all ages, as well as. with simple falls in older people with.
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Broken Arm A broken (fractured) arm means that one or more of the bones of the arm have cracked. This is a common injury occurring in both children and adults. In adults, fractures of the arm account for nearly half of all broken bones. In children, fractures of the forearm are second only to broken collarbones.
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- A fracture occurs when there is a “break” or a “crack” in the bone. Within the shoulder area, there are 3 distinct bones that could suffer a fracture: the collarbone (clavicle), the upper arm bone (proximal humerus) and the shoulder blade (scapula).
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Types of Bone Fractures Bone fractures may occur at many different angles depending on the direction in which a force is applied to a bone. 1  Transverse fractures form perpendicular to the long axis of a bone and are the result of a force applied at a right angle to the bone. Oblique fractures are slanted fractures that occur when a force is applied at any angle other than a right angle to the bone. Spiral fractures are the result of an extreme twisting force being exerted on a bone.
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Distal Radius Fractures of the Wrist: Avoiding Complications with Proper Diagnosis and Treatment There are two common variants of distal radius fractures that are characterized by the direction of forces applied to the wrist during a fall: 1  Colles' fractures, the most common type of distal radius fractures, which occur when falling on an outstretched hand, where the hand is extended backward on the wrist, and.
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Anatomy Fractures are broken bones. Fractures commonly involve the clavicle (collar bone), proximal humerus (top of the upper arm bone), and scapula (shoulder blade). Dislocations occur when the bones on opposite sides of a joint do not line up. Dislocations can involve any of three different joints.
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- CONDITION-Shoulder Fracture. Shoulder fractures are very complicated fractures, because the shoulder joint has so much mobility. They are typically classified by how many pieces the shoulder is broken into, e.g., 2-part, 3-part, and 4-part fractures.hey are also classified by which bone is broken, e.g., proximal humerus, clavicle, scapula, acromion, glenoid. When most orthopedic surgeons speak of a shoulder fracture, though, they are referring to fractures of the upper part of the humerus.
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Mid-Shaft Humerus Fracture Treatment Fractures of the humerus are divided into three types: proximal humerus fractures of the shoulder, mid-shaft humerus fractures, and distal humerus fractures of the elbow. A mid-shaft humerus fracture typically does not involve the shoulder or elbow joints. This type of fracture represents about 3% of all broken bones.
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Humerus fracture Proximal and distal fractures will often cause a loss of shoulder or elbow function. Displaced shaft and distal fractures may cause deformity, and such shaft fractures will often shorten the length of the upper arm. Most humerus fractures are nondisplaced and will heal within a few weeks if the arm is immobilized.
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Types of Shoulder & Elbow Fractures Types of Shoulder Fractures. The shoulder is a ball-and-socket joint that has the greatest range of motion of all the body’s joints. It consists of three bones: the clavicle, or collarbone; the scapula, or shoulder blade; and the proximal humerus, which is the rounded uppermost part of the arm bone.
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Colles Fracture Presentation and Treatment Colles fracture is a distal radius fracture that occur following a fall on outsteretched hand. Colles fractures is the most common type of distal radial fracture and is seen more commonly in elderly women because the bone is weakened by osteoporosis. Colles fracture is, however, found in all adult age groups and when it occurs in younger age groups , it usually is due to high impact trauma or fall.