Holdsworth fracture

In medicine the Holdsworth fracture is an unstable fracture dislocation of the thoraco lumbar junction of the spine. The injury comprises a fracture through a vertebral body, rupture of the posterior spinal ligaments and fractures of the facet joints.^[1]

The injury was described by Frank Wild Holdsworth in 1963. He described the mechanism of this injury as a flexion-rotation injury, and said that the unstable fracture dislocation should be treated by fusion of the two affected vertebrae.^[2]

References

↑ Tim B Hunter; Leonard F Peltier; Pamela J Lund (2000). "Musculoskeletal Eponyms: Who Are Those Guys?" (PDF). RadioGraphics. 20: 827. doi:10.1148/radiographics.20.3.g00ma20819. PMID 10835130. Retrieved 2009-11-05.
↑ Holdsworth FW (February 1963). "Fractures, dislocations, and fracture-dislocations of the spine.". J Bone Joint Surg Br. 45–B (1): 6–20. Retrieved 2009-11-05.

Fractures and cartilage injuries (Sx2, 800–829)

General

Humerus fracture:	Supracondylar Holstein–Lewis fracture

Forearm fracture:	Ulnar fracture Monteggia fracture Hume fracture Radius fracture/Distal radius Galeazzi Colles' Smith's Barton's Essex-Lopresti fracture

Hand fracture

Pelvic fracture

Leg

Tibia fracture:	Bumper fracture Segond fracture Gosselin fracture Toddler's fracture Pilon fracture Plafond fracture Tillaux fracture

Fibular fracture:	Maisonneuve fracture Le Fort fracture of ankle Bosworth fracture

Combined tibia and fibula fracture:	Trimalleolar fracture Bimalleolar fracture Pott's fracture

Crus fracture:	Patella fracture

Femoral fracture:	Hip fracture

Foot fracture

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