But the forces which had made the crevice had produced an almost spiral fracture.

X-rays taken yesterday morning revealed a spiral fracture to the second metacarpal bone.

Brady Auerbach has a compound spiral fracture of the right femur.

Spiral fracture: A fracture where at least one part of the bone has been twisted.

Even small forces could produce torques able to break the ankle or knee, and spiral fractures of the calf were common.

She waited, until she knew he had time to see her blade, the sharp tip exposed by the spiral fracture.

Of bones, "torsion fracture" is another term for spiral fracture.

That floppy arm was the result of a spiral fracture of his left humerus.

The spiral fracture that ended his season on Oct. 19 required extensive surgery and a month-long hospital stay.

The most worrying injuries were spiral fractures caused when the ski was forced sideways and twisted the lower leg.

Medical examiners determined these were spiral fractures in different stages of healing and were caused by child abuse.

McLean suffered a serius spiral fracture of the tibia and fibula.

Eventually, after X-rays were taken, his injury was diagnosed as a spiral fracture of the femur, and he underwent an operation at a local hospital.

Guard Rich Seubert's future depends on his return from a spiral fracture of his leg.

The surgeon tended the compound spiral fracture and bound together the bone with kangaroo tendon.

An x-ray in a local emergency room revealed a comminuted spiral fracture involving the upper half of the right femur.

First, while warming up at a meet, Jordan slipped and his left foot hit the boards and twisted, resulting in a spiral fracture.

This scenario, although very rare, can create severe spiral fractures of the femur rarely seen with upright bicycles.

The 76ers may finish the regular season without Iverson, who sustained a spiral fracture of the second metacarpal bone in his left hand on Friday.

'Spiral fracture of the tibia.

An X-ray of his right foot showed a spiral fracture, a thin crack coiled around one of his metatarsals.

What happened that day put Mr Hoad in hospital at Gloucester with a spiral fracture of the arm, broken in 2 places.

This resulted in breaking the arm he was using to wrestle (a spiral fracture of the humerus), and he subsequently was out of the competition.

She received emergency veterinary treatment, but examinations revealed that she had suffered an untreatable "spiral fracture of her left-fore humerus".

The X-rays appear, assuring us that it's an impressive break, a spiral fracture above the ankle and the tibia shattered into bits the shape of sharks' teeth.