Eponymous fractures

Dr Nafisa Shakir Batta and Dr Jeremy Jones et al.

There are numerous eponymous fractures which are named after the people
who first described their existence :
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Bankart fracture: glenoid

Barton fracture: wrist

Bennett fracture: thumb

Bosworth fracture: ankle

Chance fracture: vertebral

Charcot joint: foot

Chopart fracture: foot

Colles fracture: wrist

Cotton fracture: ankle

Danis-Weber classification: fibula; see Weber classification

Dupuytren fracture: ankle

Duverney fracture: pelvic

Essex-Lopresti fracture: elbow

Freiberg infraction: foot

Galeazzi fracture: forearm

Gosselin fracture: ankle

Goyrand fracture: French term for a Smith fracture

Harris fracture (see Salter-Harris fractures)

Hill-Sachs fracture: shoulder

Holdsworth fracture: vertebral

Hutchinson fracture: wrist

Jefferson fracture: vertebral

Jones fracture: foot

Kienbck disease: hand

Lauge-Hansen classification: ankle

Le Fort facial fractures: facial

Le Fort ankle fractures: ankle

Lisfranc fracture: foot

Maisonneuve fracture: ankle

Malgaigne fracture: pelvis

Monteggia fracture: forearm

Osgood-Schlatter disease: knee

Pelligrini-Stieda lesion: knee

Piedmont fracture: another name for the Galeazzi fracture

Pott fracture: ankle

Pouteau fracture: French name for a Colles fracture

reverse Barton fracture: type III Smith fracture

Robert Jones fracture: see Jones fracture

Rolando fracture: thumb

Salter-Harris classification: growth plate

Schatzker classification: knee

Segond fracture: knee

Shepherd fracture: foot

Smith fracture: wrist

Stieda fracture: can mean Pellegrini-Stieda disease or acute fracture of

Stieda process

Tillaux fracture: ankle

Weber classification: ankle