What is the difference between closed reduction and open reduction? In what type of fracture would closed reduction most likely occur? In what type of fracture would open reduction most likely occur?

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$\textbf{Closed reduction}$ repairs a fracture without surgery. Incomplete fracture, greenstick fracture, and spiral fractures most often only require a closed reduction. An $\textbf{open reduction}$ needs a surgical dissection of tissues to expose broken bone fragments. A comminuted fracture, compression fracture, and displaced fractures are commonly treated by open reduction.

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Describe the steps of fracture repair. List which fracture from the table below you think would be most difficult to repair and which fracture would be easier, and state why.

See the table below for the classification of bone fractures.

Fracture	Description
Avulsion	Complete severing of a body prt (typically a toe or finger)
Colles	Fracture of the distal end of the lateral foreare bone (radius); produces a "dinner fork" deformity
Comminuted	Bone is splintered into several small pieces between the main parts
Complete	Bone is broken into two or more pieces
Compound (open)	Bone ends of the bone protude through the skin
Compression	Bone is squashed (may occur in a vertebra during a fall)
Depresed	Broken part of the bone forms a concavity (as in skull fracture)
Displaced	Fractured bone parts are out of anatomic alignment
Epiphyseal	Epiphysis is separated from the diaphysis at the epiphyseal plate
Greenstick	Partial fracture; one side of bone breaks -- the other side is bent
Hairline	Fine crack in which sections of bone remain aligned (common in skull)
Impacted	One fragment of bone is firmly driven into the other
Incomplete	Partial fracture extends only partway across the bone
Linear	Fracture is parallel to the long axis of the bone
Oblique	Diagonal fracture is at an angle
Pathologic	Weakening of a bone caused by disease process (e.g., cancer)
Pott	Fracture is at the distal ends of the tibia and fibula
Simple (closed)	Bone does not break through the skin
Spiral	Fracture spirals around axis of long bone; results from twisting stress
Stress	Thin fractures due to repeated, stressful impact such as running (These fractures often are difficult to see on x-rays, and a bone scan may be necessary to accurately identify their presence.)
Transverse	Fracture is at right angles to the long axis of the bone

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anatomy and physiology

Describe the steps of fracture repair. List which fracture from the table below you think would be most difficult to repair and which fracture would be easier, and state why.

See the table below for the classification of bone fractures.

Fracture	Description
Avulsion	Complete severing of a body prt (typically a toe or finger)
Colles	Fracture of the distal end of the lateral foreare bone (radius); produces a "dinner fork" deformity
Comminuted	Bone is splintered into several small pieces between the main parts
Complete	Bone is broken into two or more pieces
Compound (open)	Bone ends of the bone protude through the skin
Compression	Bone is squashed (may occur in a vertebra during a fall)
Depresed	Broken part of the bone forms a concavity (as in skull fracture)
Displaced	Fractured bone parts are out of anatomic alignment
Epiphyseal	Epiphysis is separated from the diaphysis at the epiphyseal plate
Greenstick	Partial fracture; one side of bone breaks -- the other side is bent
Hairline	Fine crack in which sections of bone remain aligned (common in skull)
Impacted	One fragment of bone is firmly driven into the other
Incomplete	Partial fracture extends only partway across the bone
Linear	Fracture is parallel to the long axis of the bone
Oblique	Diagonal fracture is at an angle
Pathologic	Weakening of a bone caused by disease process (e.g., cancer)
Pott	Fracture is at the distal ends of the tibia and fibula
Simple (closed)	Bone does not break through the skin
Spiral	Fracture spirals around axis of long bone; results from twisting stress
Stress	Thin fractures due to repeated, stressful impact such as running (These fractures often are difficult to see on x-rays, and a bone scan may be necessary to accurately identify their presence.)
Transverse	Fracture is at right angles to the long axis of the bone

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