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Does an open procedure to repair a fracture mean that the fracture was an open fracture?
No, an open procedure does not necessarily mean that a fracture was an open fracture. An open procedure only means that the fracture pieces could not be adequately stabilized for optimal healing without surgical intervention.
No, somrtimes a closed fracture is best treated by surgical or open means. Installing screws or rods or plates may be necessary even though the bone never broke through the skin.
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When coding the procedure open reduction of closed radial fracture which is the main term?
Open
When is the risk of infection greater after fracture repair?
Infection can interfere with bone repair. This risk is greater in the case of a compound fracture (a bone fracture causing an open wound) where ideal conditions are present for severe streptococcal and staphylococcal infections
What type of injury involves an open wound where the bone has torn through the skin?
Open Fracture formerly known as a compound fracture.
When might a patient need open reduction of a fracture?
if there is an open, severe, or comminuted fracture. This procedure allows a physician to examine and surgically correct associated soft tissue damage while reducing the fracture and, if necessary, applying internal or external devices
What type of fracture has a bone portruding from the skin?
Open....It's called an OPEN FRACTURE.
What is a open skull fracture?
When a fracture is associated with a laceration or cut in the area of the fracture, it is called an open fracture
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
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."
What is the medical term meaning open reduction plus internal fixation?
It's a surgical procedure to line up broken bones and use hardware to keep them aligned properly for optimal healing.
What type of fracture has bone protruding throughskin?
A compound fracture is when a bone protrudes through the skin.
What is the medical term meaning Fracture with an open wound?
An open fracture, also called a compound fracture, is a broken bone with an open skin wound.
