Posted on January 19, 2008 in Latest News
What are fractures?
Fractures are simply breaking of bones. A trauma or an extreme injury can cause the breaking of bones. Fractures are very common to see in both children and adults. According to a research, an average individual breaks at least one bone during his/her lifetime.
Types of Fractures
Depending on how the bone breaks there are primarily seven kinds of fractures.
Location of Fractures
Although arm and leg fractures are the most commonly seen fractures but other parts of the body are also highly susceptible to fractures. There can also be skull fractures, facial bone fractures, rib fractures, pelvis fractures, and shoulder fractures.
Treatment of Fractures
Treatment primarily involves realignment of the broken bones. Simple fractures, stress fractures and incomplete fractures can be realigned without any surgery by splint or plaster treatments. The more complicated fractures like Comminuted fractures, complete fractures and impacted fractures may require a surgery in order to realign. Depending on the severity the surgeon may be required to insert a rod, plate, pin or a screw to hold your broken bone in place. After the open reduction surgery, you will be given medications and rehabilitation. Medication would help reduce the pain and rehabilitation would help you to reduce stiffness, increase the blood flow and restore the movement of the bone eventually.
Complications
It is likely that in closed type of fractures the bone may not be realigned properly causing. This may hamper the bones function. In open fractures that require surgical realignment, it is likely that the patient will suffer from bleeding, infection, damage to nerves or blood vessels, and also allergic reactions.
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June 2nd, 2008 at 7:47 pm
i had a fracture in my foot last month.It is crack while playing,
i went to doctor he put the plaster for 25days and it is removed now 3 days back.But i still feel pain even iam using the sticks for walk, even iam not giving full load.my question is that after repair of fracture there will be a swelling, is this comman for every one.while i walk i feel that the bones are rubbing with some pain.plz can u give me the correct reasion for this,that my fracture is cleared or not.
waiting for ur feed back