BONE FRACTURES

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BONE FRACTURES

• TYPES, TREATMENT,REPAIR

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TYPES OF FRACTURES
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SIMPLE

• BONE BREAKS CLEANLY, BUT DOES NOT BREAK SKIN

• CLOSED FRACTURE

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COMPOUND

• BROKEN ENDS OF BONE PROTRUDE THROUGH SOFT TISSUES
  AND THE SKIN

• AN OPEN FRACTURE
• MORE SERIOUS
• INFECTION PROBLEM
• ANTIBIOTICS

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COMMINUTED

• BONE BREAKS INTO MANY FRAGMENTS

• COMMON IN AGED
• BONES MORE BRITTLE

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COMPRESSION

• BONE IS CRUSHED

• COMMON IN POROUS BONES

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DEPRESSED

• BROKEN BONE IS PRESSED INWARD

• TYPICAL OF SKULL FRACTURE

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IMPACTED

• BROKEN BONE ENDS ARE FORCED INTO EACH OTHER

• OCCURS IN FALLS
• HIP FRACTURES

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SPIRAL

• RAGGED BREAK OCCURS WHEN EXCESSIVE TWISTING
  FORCES ARE APPLIED TO A BONE

• COMMON SPORTS FRACTURE

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GREENSTICK

• BONE BREAKS INCOMPLETELY
• LIKE A GREEN TWIG

• COMMON IN CHILDREN

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TREATMENT

• IMMOBLIZE
• CAST
• SPLINT

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PHASES OF REPAIR

• HEMATOMA FORMATION
• CALLUS FORMATION
• BONY CALLUS FORMATION
• BONE REMODELING