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There are various types of Fractures:
1. Simple fracture - does not break the skin.
2. Compound fracture - a fracture breaking the skin; also called "open fracture".
3. Greenstick fracture - a bend-like fracture in children.
4. Stress fracture - a fracture caused by repeated stress to the bone.
5. Pathological fracture - a fracture caused by underlying diseases.
6. Complicated fracture - also damaging nearby tissues.
7. Depressed fracture - skull fracture with bone forced inwards.
8. Comminuted fracture - multiple fractures and associated tissue damage to a single bone.
Wiki User
∙ 14y ago
Wiki User
∙ 14y agoThere is the 'green stick' fracture, which usually seen on abused children, where the fracture goes around the bone, showing that it was twisted.
Then there is the compound fracture, where the broken bone is sticking out through the skin.
I think the other fracture is a simple fracture, but I'm not sure about the name.
There are also:
- Comminuted fracture, in which the bone shatters
- Compression, Depressed, Impacted, Spiral
Wiki User
∙ 12y agoA fractures-
~Greenstick (partial/common in children) common in children because their bones are not completely formed or hardened, thus a partial "bend" fracture occurs. Has nothing to do with child abuse
~Comminuted-(basically shattered)
~Compound-(protruding out of the skin )
~Simple-(not protruding out of the skin)
~Spiral-(around the bone)
~Transverse-(across the bone horizontally)
~Longitudinal-(long ways up a bone)
~Impacted-(broken ends wedged into one another)
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∙ 11y agoComminuted3+ pieces
(Usually in aged, brittle bone)CompressionCrushed
(vertebrae, trauma/fall)SpiralTwisting
(Sports fracture)EpiphysealSeparates from plates
(cartilage cells dying)DepressedBone pressed inward
(skull fracture)GreenstickIncomplete break; one side breaks, other bends
(Children, because bones are flexible)
Wiki User
∙ 16y agoSimple,butterfly, comminuted, complete, complex, compound, compressive, double, fissure, and hairline are some examples.
Wiki User
∙ 14y agoThere are simple, compound, and greenstick fractures.
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∙ 11y agoClosed and compound fractures
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