What is a spiral fracture?

Spiral fractures are usually treated promptly by surgery. You can wear a cast after surgery. A spiral fracture occurs when a long bone is split in two due to torsional force or impact.

 Long bones are body bones that are longer than the neck. Most spiral fractures involve the long bones of the leg, such as the femur, tibia, and fibula. this

  The injury can also affect the long bones of the arm, such as the humerus, ulna, and radius.

 Spiral fractures are usually serious injuries and carry a risk of complications.

 When a long bone is fractured diagonally, it often splits into two pieces that are misaligned and have rough and jagged edges. This fracture can make it difficult to restore the bone.

 Spiral fractures are also sometimes called torsional or torsional fractures.

 Causes

 Anything that puts too much torsional stress or forcesthe on a longforces the bone can cause a spiral fracture. However, some specific movements, activities, and situations are often associated with injury.

 Causes of spiral fractures:

•  Ski or snowboard injury, bending of the leg by getting caught in ski or snowboard boots while the remaining legs are in motion.
• Football injuries, American football injuries, bent leg and arm
•  wrestling injuries
• Car and motorcycle accidents.
• Bicycle accidents, usually car-related accidents. He fell after trying to correct the imbalance by stretching his arms and quickly changing the position of his legs.
• Child abuse. If the child's arm or leg is actively broken.
• Overturning a slope with hard obstacles such as stairs, rocks or trees can cause your arms and legs to bend and pull away from other parts of your body.
• Physical violence when a person's arms or legs are forcibly bent.

Mechanical injuries that affect a person's limbs.

Symptoms

 Spiral fractures can be very painful. Other symptoms often associated with the injury include:

•  Fainting or loss of consciousness.
•  Inability to put weight on the affected bone
•  Loss of feeling and control in the lower legs or arms, especially the feet and hands
•  Broken bone awning ready to pierce the skin
•  Inability to straighten or fully straighten legs or arms
•  caries symptoms
•  Inflammation or redness and swelling

 Loss of ankle or wrist pulse

 Diagnosis

 Doctors usually start by examining the injury and may try to straighten or bend the affected bone. They also ask when and how the injury happened and how it has been treated so far.

 X-rays are often used to diagnose spiral fractures. Other tests used to diagnose spinal fractures include:

•  x-ray
•  CT scan
•  x-ray
•  blood test

 Without proper imaging, spiral fractures can be confused with other types of fractures such as oblique fractures.

 Spiral fractures look like bottle openers and can be recognized by scanning or X-ray.