Which of the following represents Bumper's fracture?: (A) Comminuted fracture of veebral body, (B) Comminuted intra aicular fracture of distal tibial end, (C) Comminuted, depressed fracture of the lateral tibial condyle, (D) Avulsion fracture of the base of 5th metatarsa
Answer is C. Bumper's fracture is the comminuted, depressed fracture of the lateral tibial condyle. Comminuted fracture of veebral body is called Burst fracture Comminuted intra aicular fracture of distal tibial end is called Pilon's fracture Avulsion fracture of the base of 5th metatarsal is called Jones's fracture Ref: Maheshwari 3/e, Page 2-3.