Rolando fracture

Okay kiddo, so imagine your arm is like a long stick made up of different parts that fit together. The place where the stick meets the bone in your wrist is called the distal radius. Now, sometimes people can fall down and hurt their wrist really badly. That can cause a break in the bone at the distal radius, and we call that a Rolando fracture.

This is a special kind of break because it happens in a particular way. When you look at your wrist, you might notice that it's not just a straight line going up and down. Instead, it's a bit curved, right? The bone in your wrist is actually made up of a few different parts that fit together to create this curve. A Rolando fracture happens when the bone breaks in just the right place to split one of those parts into three different pieces.

Now, this kind of break can be pretty serious, because it can make your wrist really unstable and hard to move. Sometimes, doctors need to do surgery to put the pieces of bone back together in the right way, so that your wrist can heal properly. Other times, they might need to put a cast or a brace on your wrist to keep it still while it heals.

Overall, a Rolando fracture is a type of broken bone that happens in your wrist. It's special because it splits one of the bones in your wrist into three pieces. This can be pretty tricky to fix, but with the right care and attention from doctors and caregivers, most kids can heal from a Rolando fracture in a few weeks or months.