Q. The below mentioned fracture is known as all except?
a. Backfire fracture
b. Barton fracture
c. Hutchinson fracture
d. Chauffeur fracture
Answer-
b
The radiograph depicts fracture of radial styloid. This fracture is also known as Chauffeur or backfire fracture as sudden backfire during start of vehicle may injure the wrist over the car steering to driver ( here association given to a chauffeur driving the car).
Hutchinson fracture is another name for it.
Barton fractures on the other hand are volar or dorsal lip injury of distal radius with interarticular element and are better seen on lateral radiograph of wrist.
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