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An open fracture, also called a compound fracture, is a broken bone with an open skin wound.
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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 is the fracture with an open wound?
What's a fracture with an open wound
What type of injury involves an open wound where the bone has torn through the skin?
Open Fracture formerly known as a compound 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 the medical term meaning fracture where the tissues of the body are torn and the bone is exposed to open air?
The term we usually apply to that situation is compound fracture.
What type of patient has an open wound and bone is protruding?
It is called a compound or open fracture.
What is it called when you can see the bone protruding from the wound?
An open compound fracture.
For an open fracture of the upper arm you should NOT?
cleanse the wound ~nova net~
What is a fracture that involves a broken bone and an external wound is called?
open or compound
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
What is another word for a headline fracture?
A compound fracture is another term for a headline fracture. It refers to a bone fracture where the broken bone pierces the skin, leading to an open wound.
What is the medical term meaning an open wound with a danger of contamination because outer layers of skin are badly damaged?
*abrasion*
