George Quentin Chance

George Quentin Chance
Born1904
Dublin
Known forChance fracture
Medical career
ProfessionRadiologist

George Quentin Chance (born 1904) was an Irish radiologist. His note of 1948 titled "Note on a Type of Flexion Fracture of the Spine", published in the British Journal of Radiology described three cases of fractures across the vertebra and neural arch, the 'Chance fracture'.[1][2][3][4]

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  2. ^ Martel, José; Bueno, Angel (2008). "Fractures with names". In Pope, Thomas; Bloem, Hans L.; Beltran, Javier; Morrison, William B.; John, David (eds.). Musculoskeletal Imaging (2nd ed.). Philadelphia: Elsevier. p. 1232.e2. ISBN 978-1-4557-0813-0.
  3. ^ Griffiths, Harry (2009). "1. Trauma". Musculoskeletal Radiology. New York: CRC Press. p. 53. ISBN 978-1-4200-2066-3.
  4. ^ Stahel, Philip F.; Weckbach, Sebastian (2022). "20. Spine fractures". In Pape, Hans-Christoph; Jr, Joseph Borrelli; Moore, Ernest E.; Pfeifer, Roman; Stahel, Philip F. (eds.). Textbook of Polytrauma Management: A Multidisciplinary Approach. Springer. p. 246. ISBN 978-3-030-95906-7.