Abduction fracture

Abduction fractures: upper limb abduction, palm landing on fall, fracture caused by indirect violent upward conduction. The proximal end of the fracture is adducted and the distal end is abducted, forming an angled deformity or dislocation overlapping deformity forward and inward. More common clinically.

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