comminuted fracture

If the bone is in many pieces, it is called a comminuted fracture.

"She's got a shattered, comminuted fracture of the left femur;" he was explaining.

Comminuted fracture: Part of the bone shatters into fragments.

A fracture of the sternum is usually a comminuted fracture.

Comminuted fracture: a fracture in which the bone fragments into several pieces.

Comminuted fractures, in which part of the bone is broken into pieces, sometimes leading to later injury as the fragments migrate.

Compound comminuted fracture left knee.

A neutralization plate is used to bridge a comminuted fracture; it also transmits bending or torsional forces from the proximal to the distal fragment.

Comminuted Bone Fracture: A comminuted fracture has more than two pieces of bone which have broken off.

These types of fractures, which occur in 11% of severe head injuries, are comminuted fractures in which broken bones are displaced inward.

K'Taran watched in silence as Bashir sorted through the rest of his limited pharmacy in search of something that might tackle the pain of a comminuted fracture.

While training for the giant slalom in October 2008, Schild fell and sustained a comminuted fracture in her left tibia and fibula, as well as a fractured tibial head.

"Massive comminuted fractures of the left parietal bone, depressed fractures that drove the inner table of the skull into underlying brain;' I scanned out loud, flipping through one autopsy protocol after another.

The surgical team successfully implanted a Synthes stainless steel Locking Compression Plate (LCP) and 27 screws into the colt's injured leg to span the comminuted fracture and joints.

"It's like he just suddenly flew out of hell:' I began sawing through the skull with all its comminuted fractures and areas punched out by violent blows of a tool or tools I couldn't identify.

Once more, he was beset by bad luck and suffered a comminuted fracture of his collarbone in a pre-season match for Gloucester Rugby, which greatly reduced his chances of playing in the autumn tests.

Upon fracturing, bones may fragment into several pieces - known as a comminuted fracture - or the bone may not break at all, but merely bend, as is the case with greenstick fractures (which are more common in kids).

"They have so many compound and comminuted fractures between them that if they survive at all, they will be carrying so much wiring, pins, and plating that induction will elevate their body temperatures every time they approach a power generator.

Using Ilizarov method in case of complex comminuted fractures it has become possible not to squeeze the remain fragments for binding, leaving shortened arms and legs after the treatment, but having fixed the fragments with the apparatus to grow an adequate limb with all vessels, nerves and muscles, i. e. to restore traumatic loss.