Repeat radiographs (Figures 1 and 2) of the left wrist revealed a comminuted distal radius fracture with possible intra-articular extension but no significant displacement or angulation.

By this time, my wrist was swollen and throbbing and the doctor at the hospital explained it was a multi-fragmentary radius fracture - a complex break, as my wrist was shattered into four pieces.

Severely comminuted distal femur fractures require anatomic internal fixation for best results, but obtaining rigid fixation of the multiple fragments may be challenging or impossible using ...

Rabin SI. In Severely Comminuted Intercondylar-Supracondylar Distal Femur Fractures, Use the Device That Fits. MedGenMed 1(3), 1999 [formerly published in Medscape Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine ...