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home > spiral fracture definition ... Spiral fracture: A fracture, sometimes called a torsion fracture, in which a bone has been twisted apart. ... Spiral fracture Index...
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A spiral fracture is incurred when a torque is directed along the axis of a limb or shaft. Planes perpendicular to the axis are unaffected, but those parallel are twisted, which causes pure tensile forces in one part of the limb, pure compressive forces in another.
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The mechanical strengths of five common fixation techniques for spiral fractures have been tested. ... The mechanical strengths of five common fixation techniques for spiral fractures have been tested. A total of 240 cadaver metacarpals and proximal phalanges were fractured and fixed by ... Fracture Fixation [methods]
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The Medscape Journal ... Allergy & Clinical Immunology ... We describe a distal spiral tibial stress fracture in a jogger and review the pathomechanics, diagnosis, and management of such lesions.
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www.medscape.com/medline/abstract/6643946
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Toddler fracture (distal spiral fracture of the tibia) is most common in children aged 9 months to 3 years ... Tibial shaft fractures usually present with a history of major trauma. An exception to this is a toddler's fracture, which is a spiral fracture that occurs with minor trauma in children who are learning to walk.
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The direction of the fracture is described as transverse (fracture line is straight across the bone), spiral (fracture line spirals down the bone), oblique (slanted fracture line), comminuted (more than two fragments), or segmental (several large fractures in the same bone).
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1/ Is it reasonably possible for a spiral fracture of the femur of a nonambulatory infant to be caused by accident? 2/ Is it reasonably possible that a spiral fracture to the the femur of a nonambulatory infant be caused in the manner described by the mother?
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