Various Types of Fractures

“FRACTURE” is a break in the structure of the bones, as described in the medical term. Before the diagnosis however, doctors can’t consider the injury as a fractured type. There are thirteen types of fractures, namely:

1- Complete Fracture

2- Avulsion Fracture

3- Pathologic Fracture

4- Compressed Fracture

5- Comminuted Fracture

6- Incomplete Fracture

7- Greenstick Fracture

8- Oblique Fracture

9- Depressed Fracture

10- Spiral Fracture

11- Compound Fracture

12- Simple Fracture

13- Transverse Fracture

As for the “GREENSTICK FRACTURE,” it usually occurs at a young age in children. In this injury, one end of the bone is broken or dysfunctional while the second end is slightly curved or bent.

Fractured bones are treated largely depending on the doctor's findings after the diagnosis or the X-ray report. The X-ray report plays a vital role in the case of treating fractured bones. It also completes the diagnosis of the injury.

Now we talk about the “HIP FRACTURE.” There are three types of fractured hip cases, such as:

(a) Intracapsular Fracture

(b) Intertrochanteric Fracture

(c) Extracapsular Fracture

Back pain happens only because of fractured hips. If a doctor finds the location of the broken hip then he/she will also consider maturity, trauma, and multiple myeloma. There is a disease named osteoporosis, which usually happens among young women. Young women mostly contract this disease due to lack of calcium deposits on the bone.

Once the cause is found the doctor would consider studying the fracture. The doctor will try to find out when the injury happened and under how much stress the bone begins to break or stop holding weight. They will also consider tissue localization to avert edema, echymosis, muscle spasms, hemorrhage, and others.