FRACTURES

                                              FRACTURES

When a bone breaks it is termed as a fracture.

Types of fractures  

Fractures are classified into different categories.

1.       SIMPLE OR CLOSED FRACTURE :

bone breaks in one place and no serious damage is done to the surrounding tissues .

2.       COMPLICATED FRACTURE :

 bone is broken and the break causes injury of the surrounding soft tissues.

3.       COMPOUND OR OPEN FRACTURE :

Bone is broken and one or both ends protrude through the skin.

4.       COMMINUTED FRACTURE :

 it is one where the bones broken at a number of places.

5.       IMPACTED FRACTURE :

 it is one  where  the bone is broken and one end is driven into the other.

6.       GREENSTICK FRACTURE :

 here only one side of the shaft is broken, and the other is bent. This usually occurs in children whose long bones have yet to fully ossify.

7.       SPIRAL FRACTURE :

 it is produced  by twisting stresses,spread along the length of the bone.

8.       COLLE’S FRACTURE :

 it is a break in the distal portion of the radius . it is often the result of reaching out to cushion a fall.