no open wound; skin soft tissue in tact
simple fracture
bone come through the skin
compound/open fracture
convex side
Greenstick fracture
concave side
Torus Fracture
transverse fracture
spiral/ oblique fracture
Comminuted fracture
compresssion fracture
ends fx site straight & close
good apposition
ends close, straight, but laterally displaced
partial apposition
ends present overlapping juxtaposition
Bayonet apposition
ends straight, no displacement, close but distal segment is rotated
Rotary disposition
ends straight, no displacement, but not close
Distraction apposition
ends close but at an angle
angualtion displacement
4th or 5th MCP
Bar room facture
2nd or 3rd MCP
fracture
Boxer’s fracture
clay shoveler’s fracture
colles fracture
smiths/ reverse colles fracture
hangmans fracture
Jeffersons fracture
chance francture
from seatbelt