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HICKORY-STICK FRACTURE [1 record]

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Record 1 2000-03-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radiography (Medicine)
  • Musculoskeletal System
DEF

An incomplete fracture, involving the convex side of the curve only.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radiographie (Médecine)
  • Appareil locomoteur (Médecine)
DEF

Fracture incomplète, propre à l'enfant, consécutive à une flexion responsable d'une rupture corticale du côté convexe, alors que du côté concave, la corticale et le périoste résistent, ce dernier étant habituellement seulement décollé. [D'après EMSQU, 31010, A10, 1983, pp. 2, 14.]

Spanish

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