Types of bone breaks /fractures
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Colles fracture
Fracture of the distal radius with posterior displacement
Green stick fracture
Similar to an incomplete fracture in that the bone is not completely broke. The difference is that on the opposite of the break, bending of the bone is present.
avulsion fracture
Tendon or ligament pulls bone away at site of attachment.
Closed fracture
broken bone with no open wound
Impacted Fracture
fracture in which one broken end is wedged into the other broken end
Open/Compound fracture
fracture that breaks the skin
Complicated fractures
the bone is broken & pierces an internal organ.
Comminuted fracture
A bone that breaks into fragments at the site of injury.
incomplete fracture
A fracture that doesn't completely split the bone
