Your patient is a football player who had his right foot planted and was tackled from the left rear, causing his body to rotate around the axis of his right lower extremity. This mechanism is most consistent with which of the following types of fractures?

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The mechanism described in the scenario is consistent with a spiral fracture, which occurs when a twisting force is applied to a bone. The other types of fractures listed (oblique, impacted, comminuted) are not necessarily associated with this specific mechanism of injury.

Your Patient Is a Football Player Who Had His Right