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Fractures Learning Center
If more pressure is put on a bone than it can stand, it will split or break. A break of any size is called a fracture. If the broken bone punctures the skin, it is called an open fracture (compound fracture. A stress fr...
Broken Hip
Hip fracture surgeries are procedures that repair a break in the upper part of the thigh bone. The thigh bone is called...More »
Broken Arm
A break in the normal structure of a bone.More »
Broken Leg
If more pressure is put on a bone than it can stand, it will split or break. A break of any size is called a fracture.More »
Broken Nose
A nose fracture is a break in the bone or cartilage over the bridge, in the sidewall, or septum (line dividing the...More »
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