Bone fracture

Bone fracture
Bone fracture
Other names	broken bone, bone break
	Internal and external views of an arm with a compound fracture, both before and after surgery
Specialty	Orthopedics
Diagnostic method	X-ray, MRI

A bone fracture (abbreviated FRX or Fx, F_x, or #) is a medical condition in which there is a partial or complete break in the continuity of any bone in the body. In more severe cases, the bone may be broken into several fragments, known as a comminuted fracture.^[1] A bone fracture may be the result of high force impact or stress, or a minimal trauma injury as a result of certain medical conditions that weaken the bones, such as osteoporosis, osteopenia, bone cancer, or osteogenesis imperfecta, where the fracture is then properly termed a pathologic fracture.^[2]

^ Katherine, Abel (2013). Official CPC Certification Study Guide. American Medical Association. p. 108.
^ Witmer, Daniel K.; Marshall, Silas T.; Browner, Bruce D. (2016). "Emergency Care of Musculoskeletal Injuries". In Townsend, Courtney M.; Beauchamp, R. Daniel; Evers, B. Mark; Mattox, Kenneth L. (eds.). Sabiston Textbook of Surgery (20th ed.). Elsevier. pp. 462–504. ISBN 978-0-323-40163-0.

[1] Katherine, Abel (2013). Official CPC Certification Study Guide. American Medical Association. p. 108.

[2] Witmer, Daniel K.; Marshall, Silas T.; Browner, Bruce D. (2016). "Emergency Care of Musculoskeletal Injuries". In Townsend, Courtney M.; Beauchamp, R. Daniel; Evers, B. Mark; Mattox, Kenneth L. (eds.). Sabiston Textbook of Surgery (20th ed.). Elsevier. pp. 462–504. ISBN 978-0-323-40163-0.

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