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| *Open versus Closed
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| *Location
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| **Intra-articular versus articular
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| **Mid-shaft, proximal 1/3, or distal 1/3
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| **Supracondylar
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| **Intertrochanteric, subtrochanteric, femoral neck, or subcapital
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| *Orientation of the fracture line
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| **Transverse
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| **Oblique
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| **Spiral
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| **Comminuted
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| **Segmental
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| **Torus / Greenstick (Peds)
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| *Displacement
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| **Extent to which fracture fragments are offset from each other
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| ***State in terms of direct measurement (e.g. 4mm) or %width of bones (50% displacement)
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| **Direction of displacement is based on position of distal fragment relative to proximal
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| *Separation
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| **Distance the two fragments have been pulled apart (but not offset from each other)
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| *Shortening
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| **Amount by which a bone's length has been reduced (expressed in mm or cm)
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| **May occur by impaction or by overriding
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| *Angulation
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| **Described in terms of degree and direction
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| ***Degree
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| ****Calculate amount of "unbending" needed to make fx fragments parallel
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| ***Direction
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| ****Described by direction of the apex of the angle formed by the two fragments OR
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| ****Described by direction the terminal fragment is deviated
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| ****Examples: anterior or posterior, lateral or medial, radial or ulnar, dorsal or volar
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| *Rotational Deformity
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| **Usually apparent on physical exam, not on radiographs
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| *Fracture-Dislocation
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| **Be careful not to describe these injuries as fractures with displacement
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| *[[Salter Harris]]
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| ==See Also==
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| *[[Fractures (Main)]]
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| ==Source==
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| Tintinalli
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| [[Category:Ortho]]
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