IntroductiontoFractures(EnglishVersion)ChenMTHEFIRSTLESSONOFTHESCHOOLYEAR•MechanismsofFracture•FractureHealing•ComplicationsofFractures•PreventionofFractures01IntroductionDefinitionofFractureFractureisadisruptionintheintegrityofthebonestructure,typicallycausedbyexcessivestressortrauma
Itisacommoninjurythatcanrangefromminortosevere,dependingonthelocationandtypeoffracture
Fracturescanbeclassifiedasopenorclosed,andtheycanalsobecategorizedbasedontheirseverityandcomplexity
TypesofFracturesSimplefracturesCompoundfracturesThesearelinearbreaksinthebonewithoutanyfragmentation
Whenthebrokenbonepiercestheskin,itisreferredtoasacompoundfracture
ComminutedfracturesGreenstickfracturesTheseareseverefracturesinwhichtheboneshattersintomultiplepieces
Theseoccurinchildren'sbones,whicharemoreflexible,andr