Complete Fractures
August 24th, 2017
Overview
Complete fractures are breaks all the way through the bone, producing two or more fragments of bone.
Interpretation
- Transverse fracture - a fracture straight across the bone
- Oblique fracture - a fracture at an angle to the bone
- Spiral fracture - a corkscrew-shaped fracture around the boneOccurs due to twisting of a long bone
- Comminuted fracture - the bone has been shattered into multiple pieces
- Avulsion fracture - avulsion of a fragment of bone away from the main body of the bone
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