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Fractures

A fracture is a break in the continuity of a bone when there is a stress that is appline more than it can handle.  Stress can either be mechanical or it can be due to an underlying disease.

Fractures is classified according to the type.

• Complete break
• Incomplete
• Open Compound
• Green Stick
• Spiral (torsion)
• Transveres
• Oblique