A spiral fracture is bone breakage caused by a twisting force. They are also known as torsion fractures. Treatment can be months in a cast and possible surgery. The classic example is when skiers lock their boots into the ski and then lose control, the leg may be violently twisted in one direction.
The surgical term for a fracture of a bone is "osteotomy." However, the term "fracture" itself is commonly used in both medical and surgical contexts. When referring to surgical intervention to repair a fracture, procedures like "internal fixation" or "open reduction" may be employed.
Fx is the medical abbreviation meaning broken bone or fracture
Compound fracture is a medical term meaning a bone fracture with a break in the nearby skin.
An avulsion fracture is the term meaning tearing a bone.
Sphenoidotomy is the medical term meaning surgical incision into the sphenoid bone or sinus.
carpectomy
Phalangectomy
Ethmoidectomy is the medical term meaning surgical removal of part of the ethmoid bone or of tissues in the ethmoid sinus.
Ostectomy is the surgical removal of all or part of a bone.
A Greenstick Fracture
osteoclasis
An open fracture, also called a compound fracture, is a broken bone with an open skin wound.