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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
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?
Greenstick fracture is common in children because their bones have a higher collagen content and are more flexible than adults' bones. This type of fracture occurs when the bone bends and partially breaks, similar to how a green stick would break.
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.
What Fracture of arm shows faint line curving around shaft?
Greenstick fracture is a type of fracture where there is a faint line curving around the shaft of the arm bone. It is more common in children due to their softer bones. Instead of breaking completely, the bone bends and cracks on one side.
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
What is cobalts fracture?
Cobalt's fracture refers to a type of fracture that occurs in metallic cobalt. It is characterized by a clean break in the metal with no deformation or twisting. This type of fracture is common in metals that are hard and brittle.
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.
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.
