Procedures-Fractures
Terms
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- closed
- fracture that does not break through the skin
- open
- serious fracture in which the broken bone or bones project through the skin
- nondisplaced
- fracture in which the bone retains its normal alignment
- displaced
- more serious fracture in which the bones are not in anatomic alignment
- most common fracture
- scaphoid fracture
- ____tenderness indicates a scaphoid fracture which is the most common
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