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Fractures
Different types of fractures
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Partial | break across bone is incomplete |
| Complete | bone is broken into two pieces |
| Closed (simple) | bone does not break the skin |
| Open (compound) | broken bone protrudes through the skin |
| Nondisplaced | fractures retain the normal alignment of bone fragments |
| Displaced | fractures produce new and abnormal arrangements of bony elements |
| Greenstick | only seen in children, one side of the bone breaks, the other bends. |
| Comminuted | small fragments of bone are found between two main fragments |
| Compression | bone is crushed |
| Impacted | one fragment is driven into the other |
| Colles' | fracture of distal end of radius with distal fragment displaced posteriorly |
| Spiral Fracture | spread along the length of the bone, produced by twisting stress |
| Eipiphyseal Fracture | where chondrocytes are dying |
| Stress | partial fracture due to changes in training, harder surfaces, longer distances, greater speed, etc. 25% involve the distal 1/3 of the fibula. |
| Pathologic | fracture due to the weakening of a bone caused by disease |
| Depressed | broken bone portion is pressed inward |
| Avulsion | fracsure where a ligament or a tendon attaches to the skeleton |
| Oblique | fracture where the line of break runs obliquely to the bone |
| Hairline | very small sliver or a crack in the bone |
| Linear | runs parallel to the long axis of the bone |
| Fissure | a crack in the bone |
| Pott's | fracture of distal end of fibula with serious injury to distal tibial articulation. The ligament attached to the medial malleous of the tibia is torn. |
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