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What does this x-ray show?
Monteggia fracture - fracture proximal 1/3 ulnar with radial head dislocation
What is this?
Galeazzi fracture
What does this x-ray show?
Colles Fracture - fracture of the distal radius, with dorsal displacement of the distal fragment
What does this x-ray show?
Smiths fracture - distal radial fracture with ventral displacement of the distal part
What does this x-ray show?
Volar Barton fracture - often mistaken for a colles fracture, the injury is an intra-articular radial fracture spanning the wrist joint. It is an oblique fracture with volar displacement of the distal part.
What does this x-ray show?
Dorsal Bartons fracture - distal displacement following intra-articular fracture of the distal radius.
What does this x-ray show?
Sail sign - these blackened areas represent fat pads. As you can see there is one either side of the humerus. This suggests a fracture.

Children = sign of a supracondylar fracture

Adults = Radial head fracture