A 27-year-old male is brought to the emergency department af…
A 27-year-old male is brought to the emergency department after falling off a ladder, landing on his outstretched right arm. On exam, there is obvious deformity of the mid-forearm with a small laceration overlying the deformity through which a sliver of bone is visible. There is no active bleeding. Neurovascular exam of the hand is intact. Radiographs of the right forearm reveal a fracture of the radial shaft. The fracture line runs at approximately 90° to the long axis of the bone. There are two main fracture fragments, and the distal fragment is shifted laterally with respect to the proximal fragment, though the two fragments remain in continuity along part of the cortex. Which of the following options correctly describes this fracture using the four major descriptive parameters?
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