Question
Write down types of bone fracture?
Solution
- Simple – the bone is broken in one place.
- Closed – the skin over the broken bone has not been pierced.
- Comminuted – the broken bone has three or more bone fragments.
- Open or compound – the skin over the fracture has been pierced and the broken bone is exposed.
- Undisplaced – the broken bone pieces are aligned.
- Displaced – the broken bone pieces are not aligned.
- Transverse fracture – the fracture is at a right angle to the long axis of the long axis of the bone.
- Greenstick fracture – the fracture is on one side of the bone, causing a bend on the other side of the bone.
