Fractures

Question 1

fracture

Answer 1

the act or process of breaking or the state of being broken

Question 2

2 Types:

Answer 2

Closed (Simple)

Open (Compound)

Pathological Fracture

Question 3

Treatment

Answer 3

Reduction : The act of making something, or of something becoming, smaller in size, amount, degree, importance

Question 4

2 Types:

Answer 4

Closed:
Cast (plaster/fiberglass) **atrophy common
Open:
Internal Fixation
when when can apply cast : External Fixators

Question 5

STAGES of Fx HEALING :

Answer 5

Hematoma
Callus
hematoma formation.
Granulation tissue formation.
Bony callus formation.
Bone remodeling

Question 6

hematoma

Answer 6

is a collection of blood, usually clotted, outside of a blood vessel that may occur because of an injury to the wall of a blood vessel allowing blood to leak out into tissues where it does not belong

Question 7

Callus

Answer 7

a thickening of or a hard thickened area on skin or bark

Question 8

External Fixators

Answer 8

stabilizing frame to hold the broken bones in proper position
Rationale

Question 9

External fixator used for

Answer 9

Difficulty in applying a cast
Wounds
Swelling