Rolando fracture

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An intra-articular fracture of the finger involving the base of the thumb, typically T- or Y-shaped.

Word forms

Rolando fracture Rolando fractures

Etymology

Named after Silvio Rolando, who described it in 1910.

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