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A compound fracture, the worst kind.
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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.
Bone fracture that doesn't break the skin?
A simple fracture. A compound fracture is when the bone pierces the skin.
What do you call it when the bone breaks out of the skin Compound fracture or Open Fracture?
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.
What is a Comminuted fracture?
A comminuted fracture is when the femur shatters into at least three pieces. and a compound fracture is when the bone breaks and comes out of the skin.
What is a fracture of bone breaks and fragments penetrate through the skin?
"compound"
What breaks through the skin causing a lot of bleeding and increasing the chances of infection.?
compiound 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.
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
A breaks through the skin causing a lot of bleeding and increasing the chances of infection?
compound fracture
What breaks through skin causing a lot of bleeding and increasing the chances of infection?
compound fracture
A breaks through the skin causing a lot of bleeding and increasing the chances of infection.?
compound fracture
When a bone breaks What is it called?
When a bone breaks, it is called a fracture.
