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Fractures

Medical Definition:	Breaks in bones or cartilage. (Stedman, 25th ed)
Guide Notes:	IM; coord with specific organ /inj (IM) but note many precoord organ/fract terms & note the many clin types; TN 87: various types of fract surg; penile fract: index under PENIS /inj (IM) + RUPTURE (NIM)

Fractures Categories.

	Femoral Fractures - Fractures of the femur.
	Fractures, Closed - Fractures in which the break in bone is not accompanied by an external wound.
	Fractures, Comminuted - A fracture in which the bone is splintered or crushed. (Dorland, 27th ed)
	Fractures, Malunited - Union of the fragments of a fractured bone in a faulty or abnormal position. If two bones parallel to one another unite by osseous tissue, the result is a crossunion. (From Manual of Orthopaedic Terminology, 4th ed)
	Fractures, Open - Fractures in which there is an external wound communicating with the break of the bone.
	Fractures, Spontaneous - Fractures occurring as a result of disease of a bone or from some undiscoverable cause, and not due to trauma. (Dorland, 27th ed)
	Fractures, Stress - Fractures due to the strain caused by repetitive exercise. They are thought to arise from a combination of muscle fatigue and bone failure, and occur in situations where bone remodeling predominates over repair. The classical stress fracture is the march fracture of military personnel, in which the metatarsal undergoes repeated stress during marching. The most common sites of stress fractures are the metatarsus, fibula, tibia, and femoral neck.
	Fractures, Ununited - A fracture in which union fails to occur, the ends of the bone becoming rounded and eburnated, and a false joint occurs. (Stedman, 25th ed)
	Rib Fractures
	Tibial Fractures

Fractures Medical Definitions and Terms

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