Fractures
What is a fracture?
Fractures and broken bones actually mean the same thing. Statistically an average person can expect to sustain approximately 2 fractures in his/her lifetime. Fractures occur when the bone cannot handle the energy placed on it. So breaking a bone will depend on two factors: bone's strength and the amount of energy. The energy can be high (such as crash or other accident) or low (such as stress fracture). And your bone density can be either normal or decreased (osteoporosis).
Types of fractures
- Oblique - a fracture which goes at an angle to the axis
- Comminuted - a fracture of many relatively small fragments
- Spiral - a fracture which runs around the axis of the bone
- Compound - a fracture (also called open) which breaks the skin
More information on fractures can be found here
Healing time
You can find a rough estimate on how long it will take a broken bone to heal on doctorsecrets.com
Pictures of different fractures
Ankle fractures
Here
you will see pictures of x-rays for broken fibula before and after
surgery
And here both tibia and fibula are fractured and surgically fixed
If you want to upload your own x-rays and compare it with other fellow bone-breakers, please visit our blog.
Wrist fractures
Colles fracture