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One specific kind of pelvic fracture is known as an 'open book' fracture. This is often the result of a heavy impact to the groin (pubis), a common motorcycling accident injury. In this kind of injury, the left and right halves of the pelvis are separated at front and rear, the front opening more than the rear, i.e. like an open book that falls ...
An avulsion fracture is a bone fracture which occurs when a fragment of bone tears away from the main mass of bone as a result of physical trauma. This can occur at the ligament by the application of forces external to the body (such as a fall or pull) or at the tendon by a muscular contraction that is stronger than the forces holding the bone ...
The acetabulum, which can be thought of as a "hip-socket", is a cup-shaped opening on each side of the pelvic girdle formed where the ischium, ilium, and pubis all meet, and into which the head of the femur inserts. The orientation and position of the acetabulum is one of the main morphological traits that caused dinosaurs to walk in an upright ...
Kathie Lee Gifford is recovering after falling and suffering a fractured pelvis.. The former "TODAY" show co-host told People that she was hospitalized for over a week after she fell. She said ...
Kathie Lee Gifford is giving gratitude to all the prayers given on her behalf that she believes led to her swift recovery from a fractured pelvis this summer.. While speaking with her TODAY family ...
In medicine, an avulsion is an injury in which a body structure is torn off by either trauma or surgery (from the Latin avellere, meaning "to tear off"). [1] The term most commonly refers to a surface trauma where all layers of the skin have been torn away, exposing the underlying structures (i.e., subcutaneous tissue , muscle , tendons , or ...
The abdominal organs. Signs and symptoms are not seen in early days and after some days initial pain is seen. People injured in motor vehicle collisions may present with a "seat belt sign", bruising on the abdomen along the site of the lap portion of the safety belt; this sign is associated with a high rate of injury to the abdominal organs. [4]
Innominate bone avulsion or wing fracture Stable ring fracture with intact posterior arch Denis III transverse sacral fracture B - rotationally unstable/vertically stable: Open-book external rotation injury Young-Burgess lateral compression type internal rotation injury Bilateral C - rotationally and vertically unstable