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What is a hip fractured caused by weakening of the bones due to osteoporosis?
Osteoporotic hip fracture
What type of fracture bone pieces pressed together?
A compression fracture occurs when the bone is crushed or pressed together, often resulting in loss of height in the bone. This type of fracture is commonly seen in osteoporotic bones. Treatment involves stabilizing the bone and managing pain.
Is an osteoporotic hip fracture a type of pathologic fracture?
Yes, an osteoporotic hip fracture is, by definition, a type of pathologic fracture. It occurs in both sexes and is too often the first symptom of osteoporosis, especially in men, as they are underdiagnosed and undertreated. The stock phrase "fell and broke her hip" is often true in reverse - her hip fractured, causing the fall.
What is osteoporodic?
Osteoporotic means that the person (or thing in question) has osteoporosis - significant loss of bone density, increasing the likelihood of a fracture.
A fracture that is common in children whose bones have relatively more collagen in their matrix and are more flexible than those of adults is?
Greenstick fracture is common in children because their bones have a higher collagen content and are more flexible than adults' bones. This type of fracture occurs when the bone bends and partially breaks, similar to how a green stick would break.
What is the main term for fracture of the clavicle?
The main term for a fracture of the clavicle is a broken collarbone. It is one of the most common bones in the human body that get broken easily.
Is short wave diathermy harmful for health?
NO, it is not unless it is not given to the area surrounding uterus, in pregnant ladies, to the metastatic lesions and to severely osteoporotic bones. as this neglegance can be harmful and affect in utero chlid growth, can enhance metastaic process and destroy osteoporotic bones.
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.
What is a bone break at the wrist called?
a fracture
What type of fracture happens only in children?
Greenstick Fractures only occur in young pliable bones.
What bones orther than vertbrae are prone to fracture in osteoporosis?
Hip fractures are common. Usually the head of the femur.
What are simply fracture bones?
A simple fracture is one that has not broken the skin.
