Thursday, August 16, 2012

Fracture

Fracture is a discontinuity of bone. It is a matter of subject in orthopaedic posting. Fracture can be classified based on the location or can be also classified with various method such as Muller AO Classification where it divides the long bones into numbers such as 1- humerus 2-radius/ulna 3-femur and 4-tibia/fibula.

The division of fracture at the physeal plate are based on Salter-Harris Classification. There are some 'khilaf' regarding it where some said it is 6 types while most said it is 5 types. Type 1 involves the physeal plate fracture only. Type 2 involves the physis which extent to diaphysis. Type 3 involves physis extent to metaphysis while type 4 involves physis and bot diaphysis and metaphysis. Type 5 is a crush of the physis.

So,that's for now..i'm writing this as for my revision in this subject. That's all thank for reading