The Galeazzi fracture-dislocation is an injury pattern involving a radial shaft fracture with associated dislocation of the distal radioulnar joint (DRUJ); the injury disrupts the forearm axis joint.
Synonyms and related keywords: Galeazzi fracture-dislocation, reverse Monteggia fracture, Piedmont fracture, Darrach-Hughston-Milch fracture, fracture of necessity, radial shaft fracture, dislocation of the...

Galeazzi fracture

- fracture of radial shaft (between middle and distal 1/3's) & dislocation of distal radioulnar joint;
- usually the dislocation is dorsal, but in some cases can be palmar;
- fracture is almost always located just above proximal border of...

Author: James McCarthy, MD, FAAOS 2005
The term congenital dislocation of the hip dates back to the time of Hippocrates. This condition, also known as hip dysplasia or developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH), has been diagnosed and treated for several hundred years. Most notably, Ortolani, an Italian pediatrician in the...

The carpus, or wrist, is a complex joint that provides abduction and adduction in the frontal plane of the upper extremity, extension and flexion for hand movements, and supination and pronation in the coronal plane.
Synonyms and related keywords: wrist bone injuries, wrist injuries, wrist sprain, broken wrist, sprained wrist, wrist...

Wheeless' Textbook of Orthopaedics. Links to a complete list of fractures.
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