Types of Fractures

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Open

Through the skin

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Closed

Skin is intact

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Complete

Bone is broken all the way through, 2 parts

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Transverse

Broken straight and horizontal

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Spiral

Twisting motion breaks the bone. Common with child abuse

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Longitudinal

Broken vertically

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Oblique

The break is slanted at an angle

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Comminuted

Break is shattered. Bone pieces in multiple locations

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Impacted

Broken from pressure, a crush injury, like jumping off and landing wrong

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Greenstick

“Peel” it off bone break. Normal for kids because their bones are not as strong

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Stress

Too much strain and overuse on a bone. Tiny crack in bone

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Avulsion

On the patella, bone shifts down with tendon