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The type of fracture common in children is a fracture of the limb (either arm of leg). This is due the nature of rambunctious activity children normally engage themselves in.
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What type of fracture happens only in children?
Greenstick Fractures only occur in young pliable bones.
What is the most common type of mid-facial fracture?
Zygomaticomaxillary complex fracture
What is the most common type of mid facial fracture?
Zygomaticomaxillary complex fracture
What is the medical term meaning A break common in children in which the bone splinters but the break is incomplete?
A Greenstick Fracture
What type of breakage is more common clevage or fracture?
frature
Which fracture type are most common in older people?
Comminuted Fractures are more common in the elderly, because their brittle bones are more like to have the shattering-type effect of the Comminuted fracture.
When a bone in a arm is partially bent and partially broken and is a type of fracture that occurs primarily in children that is called?
Greenstick fracture
Why are greenstick fracture more common in children?
The fracture usually occurs in children and teens because their bones are flexible, unlike adults whose brittle bones usually break.
A fracture that is common in children whose bones have relatively more collagen in their matrix and are more flexible than those of adults is?
A greenstick fracture.
Is A greenstick fracture associated with osteoporosis?
No not normally. They are more common in children as their bones are more bendable than an adults. This bendability allows the bone to fracture part way through instead of all the way through.
A fracture usually occurs in children?
greenstick fracture
What are the classificaton of fractures?
The Salter-Harris classification of fractures was devised to describe fractures in children with open growth plates. There are 5 different classifications: * I - the fracture is through the physis only - 5% of fractures * II - the fracture is through the physis and involves the metaphysis - about 75% of fractures * III - the fracture is through the physis and involves the epiphysis - about 8% * IV - the fracture is through the metaphysis, physis and epiphysis - about 10% * V - the fracture is a crush injury to the physeal plate - uncommon This classification is used to describe the fracture and also is used to determine the likelihood of growth disturbance. Growth disturbance is unlikely with type I and II fractures and more common with type III, and very common with type IV or V, even with early surgical repair.
