Fundación Maurice E. Müller - España
Foundation Overview Teaching Activities and ServicesComprehensive Classification SystemBooksData Base of Fractures CasesResearch ActivitiesWebsite Map
Atlas of International Fixation Errores en la OsteosíntesisAtlas de Artroscopia
Introduction Presentation Explanation Main Index Collaborations

Foreword Preface to the English Edition Preface to the Spanish Edition
Presentation Acknowledgements The Classification
Principles of the Classification Colors and Glossary Bones and Segments Types Exceptions to the Types How to Use the Classification
Statistical Abstract References

Exceptions to the Types

Segment 11 -
Joint that unites
to the trunk.
Enarthrodial joint.


Simple extra-articular fracture involving one tuberosity or the metaphysis.

Extra-articular fracture involving the tuberosities and the metaphysis.

Articular fracture, through the anatomical neck.

Segment 31 -
Joint that unites
to the trunk.
Enarthrodial joint.


Intertrochanteric fracture. Extracapsular.

Neck fracture. Intra-capsular, extra-articular.

Head fracture. Intra-capsular, articular.

Segment 44 -
The most distal joint.


Fibular fracture below the syndesmosis.

Fibular fracture at the level of the syndesmosis.

Fibular fracture above the syndesmosis.