types of fractures

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Open Fracture

The skin is broken

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Closed Fracture

The skin is not broken

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Greenstick

This is an incomplete break. A part of the bone is broken, causing the other side to bend

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Transverse

The break is in a straight line across the bone

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Spiral

The break spirals around the bone. This is common in a twisting injury

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Oblique

The break is diagonal across the bone

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Compression

The bone is crushed. This causes the broken bone to be wider or flatter in appearance

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Comminuted

The bone has broken into 3 or more pieces. Fragments are present at the fracture site

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Segmental

The same bone is broken in 2 places, so there is a "floating" piece of bone

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Avulsion

The bone is broken near a tendon or ligament. A tendon or ligament pulls off a small piece of bone