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Open and Closed Fractures

 
 
 
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Overview

    • Look For

    • Obvious protrusion of bone through the soft tissues
    • Air within the soft tissues

    • Interpretation

    • Simple (closed) fracture - doesn’t communicate with the skin surface
    • Compound (open) fracture - communicates with the skin surface
 
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