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Emergency Medicine Test Prep

Category - Orthopedic Trauma

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A 4 year old child was brought to the emergency department you examined the patient and see his X-ray Reports you noticed that the tibia was fractured on one side and was bend to the other side of the tibia according to types of fracture what type of fracture is this?
  1. Transverse fracture
  2. Green stick fracture
  3. Spiral fracture
  4. Butterfly fracture
Explanation
Answer: B - transverse fracture is the fracture that is at right angle to the long axis of the bone
Green stick fracture is a fracture at one side of the bone causing a bend on the other side of the bone this fracture occurs in young people where bone is flexible
Spiral fracture is a fracture in which bone is twisted along its long axis
butterfly fracture is a wedge shaped fracture arising from the shaft of long bone at the apex of the force input.
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