Bone Fractures and Repair Flashcards
What is a transverse fracture?
Break a bone shaft along its long axis
e.g fracture of an ulna
What is a displaced fracture?
Produce new and abnormal bone arrangements
What is a compression fracture?
subjected to extreme stresses such as those produced by the forces that occur when you land on your coccyx
occur in vertebrae
often associated with osteoporosis
What is a non displaced fracture?
retain the normal alignment of the bones or fragments
What is a spiral fracture?
produced by twisting stresses that spread along the length of the bone
What are epiphyseal fractures?
tend to occur when the bone fracture is undergoing classification and chondrocytes are dying
if not treated carefully fractures between the epiphysis and the epiphyseal cartilage can permanently stop growth at this site
What are committed fractures?
shatter the affected area into bony fragments
What is a greenstick fracture?
only one side of the shaft is broken and the other is bent
mostly occurs in children whose long bones have yet to ossify fully
What is a colles fracture?
a break in the distal portion of the radius
occurs when people reach out during a fall
What is a pott’s fracture?
occurs at the ankle and affects the medial malleolus of the distal tibia and the lateral malleolus of the distal tibia
Spiral fracture of upper limb healing time
3 weeks
6 weeks
Spiral fracture of lower limb healing time
6 weeks
12 weeks
Transverse fracture of upper limb healing time
6 weeks
12 weeks
Transverse fracture of lower limb healing time
12 weeks
24 weeks
factors affecting the rate of healing
Type of fracture site of fracture vascular supply age of the patient infection separation of bone ends
