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NAME THE TYPE OF BONE FRACTURE:
falling on an outstretched hand resulting in breakage of the distal radius: |
Colles fracture
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A reverse Colles fracture is one in which the lower fragment is displaced anteriorly and is called: |
Smith fracture
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the bone is crushed in several places: |
comminuted
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bone snaps onto 2 or more parts: |
complete
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a fracture that severly damages the soft tissue that surrounds the fractured bone but the bone does not protrude through the skin: |
complex (closed) fracture
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bone breaks through the skin and may recede back into the skin and not be visible: |
compound (open)
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vertebrae are smashed together resulting in the bone flattening out & may be the result of a fall in which the patient lands on his or her buttocks or as a result of a pathologic process: |
compression fracture
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any fracture where a portion of the bone is forced inward, such as with a skull or facial fracture: |
depressed fracture
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the bone is broken and the ends are pulled out of anatomical position: |
displaced fracture
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incomplete fracture in which the bone is bent or broken only on 1 side: |
greenstick fracture
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a very thin break in which the bone pieces remain together, & is often hard to detect on x-ray: |
hairline fracture
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commonly seen in children, this is a fracture in which the ends are driven into each other: |
impacted fracture
(buckle fracture) |
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bone cracks but not all the way through: |
incomplete fracture
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the bone is broken but remains in anatomical position: |
nondisplaced fracture
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fracture in which the break slopes, or is slanted: |
oblique fracture
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bone breaks, but there is no open wound: |
simple (closed) fracture
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bone is broken spirally due to a twisting force: |
spiral fracture
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fracture at a right angle to the bone's long axis: |
transverse fracture
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NAME THE FRACTURE CLASSIFICATION & TRANSCRIPTION DIRECTIONS:
assesses pediatric avascular necrosis of the femoral head: |
Catterall hip score;
roman numerals I through IV |
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classification of subcapital fractures of the femoral neck: |
Garden stage 1, 2, 3
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classification system of facial fractures: |
LeFort I, II, III
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classification system for olecrenon fractures: |
Mayo type I, IA, IB, II, IIA, IIB, III, IIIA, IIIB
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classification system for proximal humeral physeal fractures in children: |
Neer-Horowitz I through IV
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fracture involving physis in children: |
Salter-Harris type I (fracture across the physis) through
type V (crush injury to the physis |
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classification system for tibial fractures: |
Schatzker type I through VI
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system for classifying intertrochanteric fractures: |
Tronzo type I through V
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NAME THE FRACTURE CLASSIFICATION & TRANSCRIPTION DIRECTIONS:
stress injury to the bone & stress fractures: |
no classification;
grade I through grade IV |