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What do you call it when the bone breaks out of the skin Compound fracture or Open Fracture?
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∙ 15y ago
An open fracture is when the bone breaks through the skin (however some people also call this a compound fracture) so if you say either it is correct.
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 14y agoWhen a broken bone projects through the skin, the injury is called a compound fracture.
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What fracture breaks the skin?
A compound fracture, the worst kind.
What is it called when a fracture breaks the skin?
When a fracture breaks the skin, it is a compound fracture or open fracture. Because the skin is broken, there is a possibility of infection.
What type of fracture has a bone portruding from the skin?
Open....It's called an OPEN FRACTURE.
What is a simple fracture and a compound fracture?
a fracture in which skin is intact at site of fracture is a closed fracture or simple fracture whereas compound fracture or an open fracture is a fracture in which the skin is perforated and there is an open wound down to the site of the fracture.
What type of injury involves an open wound where the bone has torn through the skin?
Open Fracture formerly known as a compound fracture.
Bone fracture that doesn't break the skin?
A simple fracture. A compound fracture is when the bone pierces the skin.
What type of fracture has bone protruding throughskin?
A compound fracture is when a bone protrudes through the skin.
A fracture in which a broken bone pokes through the skin?
Its referred to as a compound fracture or open fracture. See the related link for more information.
What is the medical term meaning open fracture?
Compound fracture is a medical term meaning a bone fracture with a break in the nearby skin.
What type of fracture has bone protruding out?
Compound Fracture
What is the term for an open fracture?
A closed fracture may also be referred to as a simple fracture. An open fracture is also called a compound fracture.
What is the medical term meaning Fracture with an open wound?
An open fracture, also called a compound fracture, is a broken bone with an open skin wound.
