What are the different types of fracture classification?
To classify a fracture, also known as a broken bone, doctors will use four groups of fracture classifications to describe the break as best as possible. There are two basic types of classification of primary fractures, open and closed. The location of the fracture is defined according to the location of the bone in which it occurs, the proximal, medium or distal. In these two groups there are five more subset classification of fractures, transverse, spiral, oblique, communication and segmental. Finally, the fracture is described as complete or incomplete, depending on the severity of the break. The closed fracture occurs when the broken bone remains under the skin. Of the four classifications, it is the easiest to determine by simple visual inspection. This is also the first classification of fractures that your doctor will use to define a specific fracture.
The second classification of fractures is determined by the location of the bone at whicha break. To better describe the break, it is considered to be any bone in the body, which consists of three parts, each accounts for about one third of the bone. The fracture can be defined as proximal, which means that the turning point is located in the bone area closest to the body; distal, which means that the bone broke in the area of the furthest from the body; or in the middle, which means that the breakage occurred in the central part of the bone.
The third fracture classification is the most detailed and provides a description of the way the bone is broken. If the bone is broken in one place, it is described as transverse, spiral or oblique. A transverse fracture is a break that goes through the bones in a relatively straight line. A spiral fracture of a venue that circles around the bone. Finally, a sloping fracture is a diagonal break in the bone.
If more fractures are present in the same bone, it can be described as communication or segmental. When the bone is divided into several small sections in close proximity to each other, it is considered to be crushedou fracture. If fractions spread further apart, causing breaking of larger parts of the bone, the fracture is described as a segmental.
Finally, the fracture will be described as incomplete or complete. An incomplete fracture is one in which the bone was not completely broken, causing bone fragments to remain to some extent connected. These types of fractures can also be redesigned as fractures of green or hair line fractures. If the fracture is completed, on the other hand, the bone is completely separated at the break point.