intra-articular fracture

The fat pad sign only occurs after an intra-articular fracture.

Younger individuals tend to require a higher energy force to cause the fracture and tend to have more complex intra-articular fractures.

The fat pad sign is invaluable in assessing for the presence of an intra-articular fracture of the elbow.

The Suzuki frame is a medical device, used for helping heal broken fingers, especially those with deep, complex intra-articular fractures.

On the other hand, an unstable, displaced intra-articular fracture is difficult to treat and has a poor prognosis without operative intervention.

A dynamic traction splint has also been developed for intra-articular fractures of the phalanges of the hand.

Barton's fracture - an intra-articular fracture of the distal radius with dislocation of the radiocarpal joint.

The Rolando fracture is a comminuted intra-articular fracture through the base of the first metacarpal bone (the bone located just proximal to the thumb).

In 1986, Dr. Robert R. Schenck used the same principals applied to treating femur fractures to develop a device for treating intra-articular fractures of the finger.

This intra-articular fracture is the most common type of fracture of the thumb, and is nearly always accompanied by some degree of subluxation or frank dislocation of the carpometacarpal joint.

In 1993, a study conducted by Chinchalker and Patterson et al. involving 14 patients concluded "[I]mmediate mobilization of intra-articular fractures with dynamic traction predictably resulted in a functional joint".