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FRACTURES AND AMPUTATIONS EXAMQUESTIONS WITH DETAILED ANSWERS
myositis ossificans - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-Deposition of calcium in muscle tissue at site
of significant blunt muscle trauma or repeated muscle injury.
clinical manifestations of fracture - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-•Localized pain
•Decreased function
•Inability to bear weight or use
•Guard against movement
, •May or may not have deformity
if you suspect a fracture what should you do? - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-immobilize
overall goals of fracture treatment - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-•Anatomic realignment
(reduction)
•Immobilization
•Restoration of normal or near-normal function
closed reduction - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-Nonsurgical, manual realignment of bone
fragments usually done under local or general anesthesia and is immobilized
afterwards
open reduction - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-correction of bone alignment through a surgical
incision.
nonunion - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-Fracture fails to heal despite treatment. No x-ray
evidence of callus formation.
fractures - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-A disruption or break in the continuity of the
structure of bone
delayed union - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-fracture healing process more slowly than
expected, healing eventually occurs
refracture - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-New fracture occurs at original fracture site.
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