Term #1,716
bone fracture
Claim Term
bone fracture
Origin matter
hook plate
Reference Case 1
VIL-17
Date Added
6/10/22
Created
6/10/22, 5:18 PM
Modified
6/10/22, 10:48 PM
Full Desc
"Bone fracture" refers to a medical condition in which there is a partial or complete break in the continuity of a bone. The bone may be broken into one or more pieces. (Search "bone fracture" on Wikipedia.com Apr. 21, 2022. CC-BY-SA 3.0 Modified. Accessed June 10, 2022.) Bone fractures can be of one or more types. The name and/or type of fracture can be based on the specific bone involved, the condition of the bone due to the fracture, the type of bone, among other factors. Bone fractures may be closed/simple fractures or open/compound fractures. Bone fractures may be described as non-displaced or displaced. Bone fractures have a specific pattern such as a linear fracture, a transverse fracture, an oblique fracture, a spiral fracture, a compression/wedge fracture, an impacted fracture, and an avulsion fracture. Bone fractures may be incomplete fractures, complete fractures, and comminuted fractures. Bone factures of bones in the foot may be referred to as a lisfranc fracture (one or more metatarsals displaced from the tarsus), jones fracture (fracture of the proximal end of the 5th metatarsal), pseudo-jones fracture (fracture of the proximal end of the 5th metatarsal that includes an articular surface of the base of the 5th metatarsal), march fracture (fracture of the distal third of a metatarsal), cuneiform fracture (fracture of one of the cuneiform bones), calcaneal fracture (fracture of the calcaneus). (Search "bone fracture" on Wikipedia.com Apr. 21, 2022. CC-BY-SA 3.0 Modified. Accessed June 10, 2022.)