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a Busch fracture is a type of fracture of the base of the distal phalanx of the fingers, produced by the removal of the bone insertion ( avulsion) of the extensor tendon. Without the appropriate treatment, the finger becomes a hammer finger. It would correspond to the group B of the Albertoni classification. It is very common in motorcycle riders and soccer joggers, caused by hyperflexion when the tendon is exercising its maximum tension (the closed hand tightening the clutch lever or the brake lever).
The Busch fracture is named after Friedrich Busch (1844–1916), who described this type of fracture in the 1860s. Busch's work was drawn on by Albert Hoffa
Albert Hoffa (31 March 1859 – 31 December 1907) was a German surgeon, orthopedist and physiotherapist born in Richmond, Cape of Good Hope.
He studied medicine at the Universities of Marburg and Freiburg, earning his doctorate with a thesis on ...
in 1904, resulting in it sometimes being called a "Busch-Hoffa fracture".
The mechanism of this injury can be described as an avulsion of the tendon fixed to the distal phalanx.
See also
*Holdsworth fracture
In medicine the Holdsworth fracture is an unstable fracture dislocation of the thoraco lumbar junction of the spine. The injury comprises a fracture through a vertebral body, rupture of the posterior spinal ligaments and fractures of the facet ...
* Galeazzi fracture
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