Wednesday, November 18, 2009

5 Fractures




Fractures: Communited-this is when 3 or more fragments at the fracture site.Surgical intervention is normally needed

















Spiral-A fracture, sometimes called a torsion fracture, in which a bone has been twisted apart.










Impacted- fracture in which one broken end is wedged into the other broken end.







Oblique-A fracture in which the line of break runs obliquely to the axis of the bone.





Avulsion-a break or rupture in a bone.































































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