2. What is a Fracture A Fracture is simply a broken bone
3. Types of Fractures Comminuted Compound Greenstick Some others are: Compression, Impacted, Oblique, Pathologic, Spiral, Stress, and Traverse. I’ll be reporting the three types of Fractures listed to the left
4. Comminuted Fracture A comminuted fracture is a fracture in which the bone is shattered, splintered, or crushed into many small pieces or fragments.
5. Compound Fracture A Compound Fracture is a fracture in which the skin has been broken through to the fracture, also called an open fracture!
6. Greenstick Fracture A greenstick Fracture is a fracture where there is an incomplete break in the bone, one side of the bone is broken while the other side is bent!
7. How Fractures Heal…… Unlike other things that may break in life, bones begin healing on their own before you even set foot in a waiting room. Occurs in three stages The first few days to weeks is called Stage I, or the Inflammatory Stage, of bone healing. This consists of bleeding, tenderness and swelling The Reparative Stage, or Stage 2, starts within a week or two and continues for many months. It consists of cells forming at the fracture site and turning into bone. Soft callus formation stage! The Remodeling Stage, (The last stage) continues for many months to a few years. It consists of weak bone material forming to strong bone material. Because this new material is so strong, you don't need a lot of it, and the body will remodel the fracture callus down to a normal sized bone.
