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closed fracture |
does not involve a break in the skin |
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compound fracture |
projects through the skin with possibility of infection |
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comminuted fracture |
more than two separate bone components - segmental fracture, bony fragments |
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transverse fracture |
breaks shaft of a bone across the longitudinal axis |
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greenstick fracture |
only one side of shaft is broken, and other is bent; common in children |
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spiral fracture |
spread along length of bone and produced by twisting stress |
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colles' fracture |
occurs in wrist and affects the distal radius bone |
