Sentence examples for spiral fracture from inspiring English sources

Guard Rich Seubert's future depends on his return from a spiral fracture of his leg.

A spiral fracture, characterized by a helical break, commonly results from a twisting injury.

The spiral fracture that ended his season on Oct. 19 required extensive surgery and a month-long hospital stay.

An X-ray of his right foot showed a spiral fracture, a thin crack coiled around one of his metatarsals.

The 76ers may finish the regular season without Iverson, who sustained a spiral fracture of the second metacarpal bone in his left hand on Friday.

Ross had a nine centimetre rod implanted to stabilise the injury with several screws needed to repair the main fracture to the humerus, as well as spiral fracture to his elbow.

For other teenagers at the centers, the report said, it meant concussions, broken or knocked-out teeth and "spiral fractures" — bone breaks caused by twisting.

Pictures show mid-diaphyseal spiral fractures.

Spiral fractures tend to allow for simpler fixation techniques.

Open image in new window Fig. 3 Spiral fractures resulting from torsional testing.

Long oblique and spiral fractures can be successfully treated non-operatively, provided that the skeletal alignment is acceptable [9].