| elbow fracture | <radiology> Child: supracondylar fracture of humerus, adult: radial head fracture fat pads, anterior seen normally, displaced proximally by effusion, posterior most likely to be elbow joint effusion radiologic lines, anterior humeral line: should pass through capitellum, radio-capitellar line: should bisect radius and capitellum see also: elbow ossification centres, forearm fractures (12 Dec 1998) |
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| toddler's fracture | <radiology> Non-displaced spiral fracture of tibia, no history of trauma, tender swelling of tibia, with or without periosteal new bone, main problem: make correct diagnosis Differential diagnosis: infection, tumour, non-accidental trauma (abuse) (12 Dec 1998) |
| torsion fracture | A fracture resulting from twisting of the limb. (05 Mar 2000) |
| torus fracture | A deformity in children consisting of a local bulging caused by the longitudinal compression of the soft bone; it occurs commonly in the radius or ulna or both. Synonym: folding fracture. (05 Mar 2000) |
| transcervical fracture | A fracture through the neck of the femur. (05 Mar 2000) |
| transcondylar fracture | A fracture through condyles of the humerus or femur. (05 Mar 2000) |
| transverse facial fracture | A complex fracture in which the facial bones are separated from the cranial bones. Synonym: Le Fort III craniofacial dysjunction, Le Fort III fracture, transverse facial fracture. (05 Mar 2000) |
| transverse fracture | A fracture the line of which forms a right angle with the axis of the bone. (05 Mar 2000) |
| epiphyseal fracture | Separation of the epiphysis of a long bone, caused by trauma. See: Salter-Harris classification of epiphysial plate injuries. (05 Mar 2000) |
| trimalleolar fracture | A fracture through both malleoli and the posterior process of the tibia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tripod fracture | <radiology> Malar fracture, trimalar fracture, inferior orbital rim, lateral orbital wall, fracture/dislocation of zygomatic arch (12 Dec 1998) |
| triquetral fracture | <orthopaedics> Fracture of the triquetrum or triangular bone, one of the carpal bones in the wrist. (27 Sep 1997) |
| essex-lopresti fracture | <radiology> Comminuted fracture of radial head, dislocation of distal radio-ulnar joint, due to longitudinal compression force (12 Dec 1998) |
| jefferson fracture | <radiology> Burst fracture of atlas (C1), widened lateral masses of C1 on open-mouth odontoid view, vertical compression injury, unstable see also: atlas fractures, cervical spine fractures (12 Dec 1998) |
| jones fracture | <radiology> Fracture base of 5th metatarsal (12 Dec 1998) |