Holdsworth fracture

Specialty| Orthopedics

In medicine the Holdsworth fracture is an unstable fracture dislocation of the thoraco lumbar junction of the spine. The injury comprises a fracture through a vertebral body, rupture of the posterior spinal ligaments and fractures of the facet joints.[1]

The injury was described by Frank Wild Holdsworth in 1963. He described the mechanism of this injury as a flexion-rotation injury, and said that the unstable fracture dislocation should be treated by fusion of the two affected vertebrae.[2]

## See also

* Busch fracture

## References

1. ↑ Tim B Hunter; Leonard F Peltier; Pamela J Lund (2000). "Musculoskeletal Eponyms: Who Are Those Guys?". RadioGraphics 20 (3): 819–36. doi:10.1148/radiographics.20.3.g00ma20819. PMID 10835130.
2. ↑ Holdsworth FW (February 1963). "Fractures, dislocations, and fracture-dislocations of the spine.". J Bone Joint Surg Br 45-B (1): 6–20. doi:10.1302/0301-620X.45B1.6. http://www.jbjs.org.uk/cgi/reprint/45-B/1/6. Retrieved 2009-11-05.

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Fractures and cartilage damage

General|

* Avulsion fracture
* Chalkstick fracture
* Greenstick fracture
* Open fracture
* Pathologic fracture
* Spiral fracture

Head|

* Basilar skull fracture
* Blowout fracture
* Mandibular fracture
* Nasal fracture
* Le Fort fracture of skull
* Zygomaticomaxillary complex fracture
* Zygoma fracture

Spinal fracture|

* Cervical fracture
* Jefferson fracture
* Hangman's fracture
* Flexion teardrop fracture
* Clay-shoveler fracture
* Burst fracture
* Compression fracture
* Chance fracture
* Holdsworth fracture

Ribs|

* Rib fracture
* Sternal fracture

Shoulder fracture|

* Clavicle
* Scapular

Arm fracture|

| Humerus fracture:|

* Proximal
* Supracondylar
* Holstein–Lewis fracture

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Forearm fracture:|

* Ulna fracture
* Monteggia fracture
* Hume fracture
* Radius fracture/Distal radius
* Galeazzi
* Colles'
* Smith's
* Barton's
* Essex-Lopresti fracture

Hand fracture|

* Scaphoid
* Rolando
* Bennett's
* Boxer's
* Busch's

Pelvic fracture|

* Duverney fracture
* Pipkin fracture

Leg|

| Tibia fracture:|

* Bumper fracture
* Segond fracture
* Gosselin fracture
* Toddler's fracture
* Pilon fracture
* Plafond fracture
* Tillaux fracture

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Fibular fracture:|

* Maisonneuve fracture
* Le Fort fracture of ankle
* Bosworth fracture

Combined tibia and fibula fracture:|

* Trimalleolar fracture
* Bimalleolar fracture
* Pott's fracture

Crus fracture:|

* Patella fracture

Femoral fracture:|

* Hip fracture

Foot fracture|

* Lisfranc
* Jones
* March
* Calcaneal

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