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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.
Silas Stamm
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What is a splintered or crushed bone also called?
comminuted fracture
A bone fracture where the bone is broken into many fragments is?
a type of bone fracture producing many bone fragments is?
What is the medical term meaning fracture in which the bone is splintered or crushed?
A comminuted fracture is a fracture in which the bone breaks into multiple separate pieces. In order for a fracture to be comminuted it has to have broken into atleast three separate pieces, just remember this since there are numerous different types of fractures and it can get quite confusing at times.
Which Which is a fracture in the bone is crushed into several pieces?
Comminuted fracture
What type of fracture is a fracture in which the bone is crushed?
Well there is the simple description 'Crush Fracture'. One might also refer to it as a comminuted fracture, meaning the bone is broken into two or more pieces, and add the prefix open or closed, denoting whether the bone is visible through a wound.
What is a comminuted compound fracture?
Comminuted fractures have two or more fragments broken into small pieces, in addition to the upper and lower halves of a fractured bone
What type of fracture is characterized by fragmentation of the bone?
When a bone is fractured in such a manner that the bone fragments, it is typically called a comminuted bone fracture.
What happens if you get a communuted fracture?
In a Comminuted fracture, the bone is broken into three or more pieces.
How do you repair a comminuted fracture?
Generally ORIF is the prefferred method of TX for a comminuted FX, which is "open reduction internal fixation."
Which fracture type are most common in older people?
Comminuted Fractures are more common in the elderly, because their brittle bones are more like to have the shattering-type effect of the Comminuted fracture.
When a bone is splintered or crushed this is known as?
a splintered or crushed bone is called a compression fracture.
What type of fracture is a bone broken into three or more pieces?
comminuted
