Bone Fracture Treatment
Bone Fracture Treatment
A bone fracture is a medical condition in which there is a break in the continuity of the bone. Although broken bone and bone break are common colloquialisms for a bone fracture, break is not a formal orthopedic term. Bones also protect some body parts, and the bone marrow is the production center for blood products. Bones form the frame of the body and allow the body to be supported against gravity and to move and function in the world.
Types of Fractures
Simple: Bone breaks into two pieces.
Stress: Hairline break that is often invisible on the x-ray for the first six weeks after the onset of pain.
Penile fracture.
Comminuted: Bone fragments into several pieces
Impacted: One fragment of bone is embedded into another fragment of bone.
Compound: Bone protrudes through the skin. Also called an open fracture.
Complete: Bone snaps completely into two or more pieces.
Incomplete: Bone cracks but doesn’t separate
Treatment
The broken pieces essential be put back into the right position and kept in proper alignment until healing is completed.
The types of treatment include:
Closed reduction
Traction
Open reduction and internal fixation
External fixation
Casts and splints and
Functional casts or braces
X-rays help determine the proper diagnosis and type of treatment.
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