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Bone Fracter Flashcards

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Open / compound

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Breaks through skin, high risk for osteomyelitis: severe bone infection

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Closed / simple

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Bone is broken but doesn’t break skin

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Greenstick

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Splinter, bends or cracks

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Impacted / compacted

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One piece of bone jammed into another

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Spiral

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Bon twisted with tortuous break

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Comminuted

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Bone breaks into multiple pieces

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Pathological

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Caused by disease process

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