- Compound Fracture
- This type of fracture is open (the bone penetrates through the skin)
- The outside air has to be able to get to the fracture for it to be classified as compound
- High risk of infection because the bone is exposed to the outside world
- Generally treated with surgery
- Greenstick Fracture
- Incomplete fracture
- One side of the bone breaks; the other side bends
- Common in children (their bones are generally softer and more flexible than an adult's)
- Spiral
- Ragged break
- Bone is excessively twisted
- Common sports injury
- Also known as a torsion fracture
- Shape of the fracture is similar to a corkscrew
- Common in people with fragile bones
- Comminuted
- result from a high velocity injury
- A fall
- Direct blow
- Bone breaks into three or more pieces
- Common in elderly
- Transverse
- Completely broken
- Separated into two pieces
- Break is perpendicular to the long axis of the bone
- Often result from a direct blow
- Also can result from repetitive pressure
- Running
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| Compound Fracture |
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| Greenstick Fracture |
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| Spiral Fracture |
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| Comminuted Fracture |
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| Transverse Fracture |
