Types of Fractures

• Open or Compound Fracture: Broken bone penetrate the skin
• Closed or Simple Fracture: Broken bone doesn't penetrate the skin
• Greenstick Fracture: Incomplete Fracture on the axis of the bone
• Fissured Fracture: Incomplete longitudinal break
• Spiral Fracture: Excessive twisting a bone like arm or leg
• Comminuted Fracture: Shattered into many pieces
• Transverse Fracture: Runs perpendicular to the long axis of the bone
• Oblique Fracture: Splits at an angle to the long axis of the bone