Bone Fractures
There is no difference between fractures and breaks. A fracture means loss of continuity of a bone as a result of falls, accidents, or sports games. Other causes are low bone density. A broken bone is a fractured bone, and a fractured bone is a broken bone; they mean the same.
| Type Bone fracture | Description |
| Displaced bone fracture | Refers to the alignment of the fractured bone The bones are broken into two or more parts and move apart so that the two broken bones cannot align.
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| Non displaced bone fracture | The bone cracks either a part or all the way. The bone does not move. It retains its alignment. |
| Simple bone fracture | This is a break that has no open would on the skin The bone has not penetrated the skin. |
| Compound fracture | This is a break on the bone that has penetrated the skin leaving a wound on the skin surface. There is also bleeding around the region. And infections may occur. |
| Greenstick fracture
| This is a slight or small bruise in a bone. This occurs mostly to young kids because their bone is weaker than those of adults. (Joeris, Alexander, et al123) |
| Hairline fracture | The most common type of hairline structure is the stress fracture. This usually occurs as a because of repeated stress from various activities such as playing or running. They typically happen lower leg or foot. It is a small crack in a bone. Athletes suffer from this type of break. |
| Complicated fracture | Structures around fracture; veins, arteries, and nerves may be injured and damaged. There may also be an injury in the lining of the bone. |
| Comminuted fracture | In these types, the bone breaks into three or many pieces. This type of complication always takes a long time to heal. (Marazziti, Donatella, et al.,16).This occurs due to high impact trauma, such as car accidents. |
| Avulsion fracture
| This type of fracture usually occurs in joints of knees and shoulders. Powerful muscles that are anchored to bone by tendons can contact, wretch the cord-free, and pull out the pieces of bones.
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| Compression fracture | This is a type of break on a bone that occurs when bones are forced or pressed against each other. A good example is Vertebrae. Older people have a high risk of having this type of break. Especially those with osteoporosis. (Barsony, Julianna, Lauren Kleess, and Joseph G. Verbalis,49) |
| Transverse bone fracture | A transverse bone break is a fracture that has a horizontal fracture line. I usually occur as a result of significant force applied along the axis of a bone. |
| Oblique bone fracture | Is a type of breach that has an angle pattern? It always occurs at a plane angle to the axis of the long bone. It mostly occurs in long bones. |
Work citation
Barsony, Julianna, Lauren Kleess, and Joseph G. Verbalis. “Hyponatremia Is Linked to Bone Loss, Osteoporosis, Fragility, and Bone Fractures.” Disorders of Fluid and Electrolyte Metabolism. Vol. 52. Karger Publishers, 2019. 49-60.
Joeris, Alexander, et al. “The AO Pediatric Comprehensive Classification of Long Bone Fractures (PCCF) Part I: Location and morphology of 2,292 upper extremity fractures in children and adolescents.” Acta orthopaedica 88.2 (2017): 123-128.
Marazziti, Donatella, et al. “EMOTIONAL BLUNTING, COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT, BONE FRACTURES, AND BLEEDING AS POSSIBLE SIDE EFFECTS OF LONG-TERM USE OF SSRIs.” Clinical Neuropsychiatry 16.2 (2019).