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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 is the proper name for a broken bone?
A fracture for a broken bone. If the bone is broken badly enough to stick out through the skin it is called a compound fracture.
What are simply fracture bones?
A simple fracture is one that has not broken the skin.
Is a compound fracture a fracture where the bone is broken into many fragments?
depends on the point of impact and the speeed but no it does not always result in a compound fracture
What type of fractrue has bone protruding from the skin?
Open fracture - a broken bone protudes through the skin or an external wound leads to a broken bone
Difference between a closed fracture and a compound fracture?
A closed fracture is when the skin is still intact. A compound fracture is when the broken bone is sticking through the skin.
A compound fracture can be described as when?
A compound fracture can be described as when the bone is visible sticking out of the skin
Is a closed fracture or open fracture worse?
An open fracture is where is bone penetrates the skin and a closed fracture is where the bone remains under the skin.An open fracture is a broken bone that penetrates the skin. This is an important distinction because when a broken bone penetrates the skin there is a need for immediate treatment, and an operation is often required to clean the area of the fracture. Furthermore, because of the risk of infection, there are more often problems associated with healing when a fracture is open to the skin.A closed fracture is a broken bone that does not penetrate the skin. This is an important distinction because when a broken bone penetrates the skin there is a need for more immediate treatment, and an operation is often required to clean the area of the fracture. Furthermore, because of the risk of infection, there are more often problems associated with healing when a fracture is open to the skin.
What are bone fractures?
A simple fracture is one that has not broken the skin.
Bone is broken cleanly the end does not penetrate the skin?
compound fracture
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 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.
