Repeat radiographs (Figures 1 and 2) of the left wrist revealed a comminuted distal radius fracture with possible intra-articular extension but no significant displacement or angulation.

By this time, my wrist was swollen and throbbing and the doctor at the hospital explained it was a multi-fragmentary radius fracture - a complex break, as my wrist was shattered into four pieces.

Rabin SI. In Severely Comminuted Intercondylar-Supracondylar Distal Femur Fractures, Use the Device That Fits. MedGenMed 1(3), 1999 [formerly published in Medscape Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine ...