What is an avulsion fragment?

An avulsion fracture occurs when a small chunk of bone attached to a tendon or ligament gets pulled away from the main part of the bone. The hip, elbow and ankle are the most common locations for avulsion fractures in the young athlete.

What can cause an avulsion?

Avulsion fractures are caused by trauma. They usually happen when a bone is moving one way, and a tendon or ligament is suddenly pulled the opposite way. As the bone fractures, the tendon or ligament that attaches to part of the bone pulls this bone fragment away from the rest of the bone.

What happens to the bone fragment in an avulsion fracture?

With an avulsion fracture, an injury to the bone occurs near where the bone attaches to a tendon or ligament. When the fracture happens, the tendon or ligament pulls away, and a small piece of bone pulls away with it. Avulsion fractures can happen in people who play sports.

What is an avulsion of an artery?

In medicine, an avulsion is an injury in which a body structure is torn off by either trauma or surgery (from the Latin avellere, meaning “to tear off”).

How do you describe avulsion?

Definition of avulsion : a forcible separation or detachment: such as. a : a tearing away of a body part accidentally or surgically. b : a sudden cutting off of land by flood, currents, or change in course of a body of water especially : one separating land from one person’s property and joining it to another’s.

What type of force causes an avulsion?

What causes it? An avulsion fracture may be caused by direct force, such as a hard tackle in football. Indirect force—such as a sudden turn in soccer or basketball—also can cause it. It can be caused by any activity that involves kicking, jumping, or having to speed up or slow down very quickly.

What is avulsion in real estate?

The sudden change of a body of water (often by a flood) that is serving as a property boundry. Under the Rule of Avulsion, the property line will remain at the previous location. Compare to alluvion (a gradual change in the body of water that does change the property line) property & real estate law.

Is avulsion a laceration?

These injuries are much more extensive than lacerations (cuts), but they are less substantial than traumatic amputations (a finger or limb is completely cut from the body). Avulsions are devastating injuries, and they come with a high degree of infection risk—similar to burns.