Share
Blog
Print
Email
BookmarkA bone fracture is a medical condition in which a bone becomes cracked, splintered, or bisected as a result of physical trauma.
In children, whose bones are still developing, there are risks of either a growth plate injury or a greenstick fracture..
For more information about the topic Bone fracture, read the full article at Wikipedia.org, or see the following related articles:
Orthopedic surgery — Orthopedic surgery or orthopedics (Commonwealth: "orthopaedics") is the branch of surgery concerned with acute, chronic, traumatic, and recurrent ... > read more
Wound — In medicine, a wound is a type of physical trauma wherein the skin is torn, cut or punctured (an open wound), or where blunt force trauma causes a ... > read more
Note: This page refers to an article that is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the article Bone fracture at Wikipedia.org. See the Wikipedia copyright page for more details.
