Questions tagged [bone-fractures]
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What to do if someone breaks a bone?
I was wondering today about what someone should do immediately after either they or someone else had a fractured / broken bone.
What first aid / steps should be taken after this happens?
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What are long term complications of mild to moderate leg length discrepancy?
A leg-length discrepancy (from femur fracture or any other etiology) obviously causes an imbalance in gait, and therefore the entire kinetic chain. This often happens at a young age and therefore ...
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Is this a trick question about a fracture?
I'm a medical student. As an exercise, we got an x-ray photograph of the left hand of a patient who reports to have fallen onto this hand, and has pain at the location of the scaphoid bone.
The ...
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What early studies are the source of commonly-given 6-week bone healing time?
The expected healing time for a fracture is approximately 6 weeks for an upper limb fracture (twice that for a lower limb fracture, roughly half that for Children’s fractures).
Influential orthopedic ...
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Can isometric exercises preserve independence in seniors with hip fractures?
Can isometric exercises preserve independence in seniors with hip fractures?
When a senior person has a hip fracture, there's less than 50% chance of recovery to a pre-fracture level of function. You'...
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How to tell if my leg fracture is healing?
I had an accident in August and eventually had a cast put on. The 2 pictures below are my x-rays from 7th August and October 23rd 2015.
I basically have 2 questions as I am considering going to ...
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Antibiotics only if fractured?
My 3 year old daughter got her pinky finger closed in the door last night. It broke the skin. We took her to urgent care and they did an x-ray. While waiting for the results, the tech said that if ...
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Are there any real-world application in a bone fracture detection program?
Sorry if I'm asking in the wrong community, but here's where I think I can reach more people in the medical field.
I am in engineering, for a project in my uni, I thought of doing a research on ...
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Does a radiologist adjust the amount of radiation for each individual?
When performing an x-ray (in the UK specifically) does a radiologist use different settings based on which body part they are x-raying? Or do they have the machine on one setting for everyone? I'm ...
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RTG Pisiform Fracture or Noise
While looking at the RTG images of pisiform fractures I find it really hard to distinguish between noise and hairline fractures.
The region in question is marked with the red arrow. What are your ...
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Why does body movement still affect fractured bone when it is immobilized?
Let's assume we have a type 1 closed fracture in the coronoid process:
The treatment is to immobilize that joint in plaster. However, the patient should also limit their movement.
I wonder why ...
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How difficult is it to actually break someone's neck?
As a child I was told "if you break your neck, you die". I was also exposed to people who are paralyzed, due to spinal injuries.
So clearly, it happens.
In action movies and martial arts, there's ...
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Do the screw holes in bones get fill in after get removed? [closed]
Due to a car accident I have two holes from external fixation in my tibia. I'm 22 years old,. So I was wondering if these holes get fill in with new bone as any fracture or just stay with soft tissue ...
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Is this a comminuted fracture?
It says online that a fracture with multiple segments is considered comminuted, but in the case below with one tibial and two fibular segments, im not sure if there's enough segments to warrant ...
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How long it takes to return to daily activities?
These are my leg x-ray. I had an accident 7th may 2017. My fibula (hope I got the right name) was fractured. My orthopedist says nothings to worry. It will fine within two weeks. I have passed 12 days,...
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What's the difference between a maisonneuve fracture and a Weber C fracture?
I feel like they're the same thing. Sprained syndesmotic ligaments, sprained deltoid and fractured fibula. So why is the maisonneuve fracture its own thing?
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How long will it take to heal a hairline fracture of rib? [closed]
My Grand father who is 96 years old got hairline fracture of the rib. How long it will take to heal? His doctor said you dont need to come back for xray.
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Can a healed fracture impact the structure of the sinus?
Could a healed fracture, years old, cause ridges/distress in the sinus? Enough for bacteria or fungus to cling to and cause a sinus infection?
I researched some pictures of how the inside of the ...
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Healing progress of tibia fracture 8 weeks post surgery
I suffered a closed, dislocated comminuted fracture of the extreme distal tibia just above the ankle joint on Feb 19th of this year with surgery the following day. I was treated with an IM nail for ...
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Will a CT scan help monitor my Tibia recovery better than an Xray?
I had an accident 18 months ago and can't use the leg fully because the Operation site hasn't healed and is still discharging. I had an IM surgery, and the implant has been removed about 10 months ago....
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I went through surgery and IM nail was placed in my leg, removed fear of infection because the OP site refused to close completely,
I had an accident over 1 year and 4 months ago and till today the OP site has not completely closed, although while dressing it I have seen some tiny bone fragments coming out about 5 times and it ...
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Scaphoid Fracture Explained in Layman's Term
I was diagnosed with a "closed displaced fracture of scaphoid of right wrist" today and was wondering exactly what that meant in layman's term. I can't seem to find a straight forward answer online ...
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How do surgeons select which fixation method to use?
For bone fractures, there are many different internal fixation methods to choose from when attempting to treat the injury. How do surgeons or the people responsible know which method provides more ...
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Foot X Ray: Oblique vs Lateral View - Terminology points to Same or different?
Foot X Ray: Oblique vs Lateral View - Same or different?
Side note / prelude to question:
So I am currently in a high Covid city in Asia and its Sunday.
I‘be been already advised to get an AP & ...
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How would someone with medical experience treat a closed fracture of the tibia without proper equipment?
Let's assume a few people were stranded in the wilderness and didn't have access to proper medical equipment. One suffers a simple, closed fracture of the tibia right between knee and foot joint due ...
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Is their terminology for varying bone fracture severity?
I have done research on the various different types of bone fractures however I am not able to find any resources discussing specifically the severity of fractures. For example I had assumed that the ...
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