What is fracture? Explain different types of fracture
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Answer:
In a complete fracture, your bone breaks completely. It's snapped or crushed into two or more pieces. Types of complete fracture include: single fracture, in which your bone is broken in one place into two pieces. comminuted fracture, in which your bone is broken or crushed into three or more pieces.
In this article we look at the three primary types of fractures: open, closed, and displaced fractures.
Explanation:
Fractures have a variety of names. Below is a listing of the common types that may occur:
Greenstick - Incomplete fracture. The broken bone is not completely separated.
Transverse - The break is in a straight line across the bone.
Spiral - The break spirals around the bone; common in a twisting injury.
Oblique - Diagonal break across the bone.
Compression - The bone is crushed, causing the broken bone to be wider or flatter in appearance.
Comminuted - The break is in three or more pieces and fragments are present at the fracture site.
Segmental - The same bone is fractured in two places, so there is a "floating" segment of bone.