Fracture types (summary)
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Determining fracture type is really important when looking at a fracture and trying to describe it. Fractures can broadly be split into complete and incomplete fractures.
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Summary
Fractures can be split into complete and incomplete fractures depending on whether the fracture extends all the way through the bone (complete) or only involves a portion of the cortex:
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complete
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fracture extends right the way across the bone
- almost all fractures in adults are complete
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types
- transverse: a fracture perpendicular to the axis of the bone
- oblique: a fracture orientated obliquely across the bone
- spiral: a fracture caused that looks like a spiral staircase
- comminuted: a fracture in more than two bits
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fracture extends right the way across the bone
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incomplete
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fracture does not cross the bone completely
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occursoccur in children- not all childhood fractures are incomplete
- many children present with complete fractures
- predominantly
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types
- buckle: the cortex is buckled, often in the distal radius
- greenstick: the cortex is broken, but only on one side
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fracture does not cross the bone completely
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-<p>Determining <strong>fracture type</strong> is really important when looking at a fracture and trying to describe it. Fractures can broadly be split into complete and incomplete fractures.</p><p>Read more: <a title="Complete fractures" href="/articles/complete-fractures">complete fractures</a>, <a title="Incomplete fractures" href="/articles/incomplete-fractures-1">incomplete fractures</a></p><h4>Summary</h4><p>Fractures can be split into complete and incomplete fractures depending on whether the fracture extends all the way through the bone (complete) or only involves a portion of the cortex:</p><ul>- +<p>Determining <strong>fracture type</strong> is really important when looking at a fracture and trying to describe it. Fractures can broadly be split into complete and incomplete fractures.</p><h4>Summary</h4><p>Fractures can be split into complete and incomplete fractures depending on whether the fracture extends all the way through the bone (complete) or only involves a portion of the cortex:</p><ul>
-<a title="Complete fractures" href="/articles/complete-fractures">complete</a><ul>-<li>almost all fractures in adults are complete</li>-<li>types<ul>- +<strong>complete</strong><ul>
- +<li>fracture extends right the way across the bone<ul><li>almost all fractures in adults are complete</li></ul>
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- +<em>types</em><ul>
-<a title="transverse fracture" href="/articles/transverse-fracture">transverse</a>: a fracture perpendicular to the axis of the bone</li>- +<strong>transverse</strong>: a fracture perpendicular to the axis of the bone</li>
-<a title="Oblique fracture" href="/articles/oblique-fracture">oblique</a>: a fracture orientated obliquely across the bone</li>- +<strong>oblique</strong>: a fracture orientated obliquely across the bone</li>
-<a title="Spiral fracture" href="/articles/spiral-fracture">spiral</a>: a fracture caused that looks like a spiral staircase</li>- +<strong>spiral</strong>: a fracture caused that looks like a spiral staircase</li>
-<a title="Comminuted fracture" href="/articles/comminuted-fracture">comminuted</a>: a fracture in more than two bits</li>- +<strong>comminuted</strong>: a fracture in more than two bits</li>
-<a title="Incomplete fractures" href="/articles/incomplete-fractures-1">incomplete</a><ul>-<li>predominantly occurs in children<ul>- +<strong>incomplete</strong><ul>
- +<li>fracture does not cross the bone completely<ul><li>predominantly occur in children<ul>
- +</li></ul>
-<li>types<ul>-<a title="Buckle fracture" href="/articles/torus-fracture-1">buckle</a>: the cortex is buckled, often in the distal radius</li>- +<em>types</em><ul>
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- +<strong>buckle</strong>: the cortex is buckled, often in the distal radius</li>
-<a title="Greenstick fracture" href="/articles/greenstick-fracture">greenstick</a>: the cortex is broken, but only on one side</li>- +<strong>greenstick</strong>: the cortex is broken, but only on one side</li>
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- +</ul><h4>Read more</h4><ul>
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- +<a title="Complete fractures" href="/articles/complete-fractures">complete fractures</a><ul>
- +<li><a title="transverse fracture" href="/articles/transverse-fracture">transverse</a></li>
- +<li><a title="Oblique fracture" href="/articles/oblique-fracture">oblique</a></li>
- +<li><a title="Spiral fracture" href="/articles/spiral-fracture">spiral</a></li>
- +<li><a title="Comminuted fracture" href="/articles/comminuted-fracture">comminuted</a></li>
- +</ul>
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- +<a title="Incomplete fractures" href="/articles/incomplete-fractures-1">incomplete fractures</a><ul>
- +<li><a title="Buckle fracture" href="/articles/torus-fracture-1">buckle</a></li>
- +<li><a title="Greenstick fracture" href="/articles/greenstick-fracture">greenstick</a></li>
-</ul><p> </p>- +</ul>
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