Spiral fracture

Last revised by Mohammad Taghi Niknejad on 11 Jul 2021

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Citation:

Jones J, Niknejad M, Murphy A, et al. Spiral fracture. Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 02 Dec 2023) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-42645

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-42645

Permalink:

https://radiopaedia.org/articles/42645

rID:

42645

Article created:

1 Feb 2016, Jeremy Jones ◉

Disclosures:

At the time the article was created Jeremy Jones had no recorded disclosures.

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Last revised:

11 Jul 2021, Mohammad Taghi Niknejad ◉

Disclosures:

At the time the article was last revised Mohammad Taghi Niknejad had no recorded disclosures.

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Revisions:

7 times, by 6 contributors - see full revision history and disclosures

Systems:

Musculoskeletal, Trauma

Tags:

fracture

Spiral fractures are complete fractures of long bones that result from a rotational force applied to the bone. Spiral fractures are usually the result of high energy trauma and are likely to be associated with displacement.