Question

Write a patient information sheet describing these 20 different types of fractures that you may see at the orthopedics practice you work in. Include the following fracture types:

1. closed
2. open
3. complicated
4. comminuted
5. impacted
6. incomplete
7. greenstick
8. Colles'
9. butterfly
10. complete
11. compression
12. fissure
13. hairline
14. oblique
15. spiral
16. unstable
17. segmental
18. fragmental
19. double
20. complex