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There are various types of Fractures:

1. Simple fracture - does not break the skin.

2. Compound fracture - a fracture breaking the skin; also called "open fracture".

3. Greenstick fracture - a bend-like fracture in children.

4. Stress fracture - a fracture caused by repeated stress to the bone.

5. Pathological fracture - a fracture caused by underlying diseases.

6. Complicated fracture - also damaging nearby tissues.

7. Depressed fracture - skull fracture with bone forced inwards.

8. Comminuted fracture - multiple fractures and associated tissue damage to a single bone.

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