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Fracture Types And their definitions
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Simple or Closed Fracture
a fracture in which the broken bone does not pierce the skin
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Compound or Open Fracture
A fracture in which the bone is sticking through the skin.
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Avulsion Fracture An avulsion fracture is a bone fracture which occurs when a fragment of bone tears away from the main mass of bone as a result of physical trauma.
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Blowout Fracture Orbital blowout fractures are cracks or breaks in the facial bones surrounding the eye.
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Comminuted Fracture A fracture in which bone is broken, splintered or crushed into a number of pieces.
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A fracture caused by compression, the act of pressing together.
Compression Fracture A fracture caused by compression, the act of pressing together. Compression fractures of the vertebrae are especially common with osteoporosis.
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Fracture of the skull where the bone is pushed in.
Depression Fracture Fracture of the skull where the bone is pushed in.
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Epiphyseal Fracture A fracture involving the epiphyseal or growth plate of a long bone, which causes separation or fragmentation of the plate.
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Greenstick Fracture A greenstick fracture is a fracture in a young, soft bone in which the bone bends and partially breaks.
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Longitudinal Fracture
A fracture that follows the long axis of the bone.
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A fracture that is diagonal to a bone's long axis.
Oblique Fracture A fracture that is diagonal to a bone's long axis.
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Pathological Fracture
A pathologic fracture is a broken bone caused by disease, often by the spread of a disease like cancer to the bone. Enchondroma Cysts
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A fracture where at least one part of the bone has been twisted.
Spiral Fracture A fracture where at least one part of the bone has been twisted.
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caused by unusual or repeated stress.
Stress Fracture A stress fracture is one type of incomplete fracture in bones, caused by unusual or repeated stress.
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A fracture that is at a right angle to the bone's long axis.
Transverse Fracture A fracture that is at a right angle to the bone's long axis.
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