Armis
Professor in
Orthopaedic and Traumatologic
UGM, Sardjito
Hospital, Yogjakarta
INDONESIA
INTRODUCTION
Fracture is a discontinuity of
bone structures. If the soft tissues around the fracture site are intact is
called CLOSED FRACTURE, vice versa the soft tissues and skin around the
fracture site are not intact, therefore the fracture site is related with external
environment is called OPEN FRACTURE. The
fracture is caused by high energy trauma may produce many fracture fragments is
called FRACTURE COMMUNITIVE or produce many regions of bone fractures and also
bones in different part of the body is called MULTIPLE FRACTURES. The high
energy trauma is associated more than one body system is called MULTIPLE
TRAUMA. If fracture is caused by low energy trauma is called FRAGILITY
FRACTURE.
Fig. 1 A and B. Open fracture type IIIA of the segmental
comminuted distal left femur and open intercondylar left femur fracture T type.
C. Open comminuted fracture type IIIA of the left tibial plateau Schatacker VI
and fracture lines extend to distal of the tibia (OPEN COMMINUTED OF THE DISTAL
LEFT FEMUR and OPEN COMMINUTED OF THE PROXIMAL TIBIA/MULTIPLE FRACTURE)