Structured Summary
Abstract
Breaks in bones.
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Classification
Broader headings
Narrower headings
- Ankle Fractures
- Avulsion Fractures
- Closed Fractures
- Comminuted Fractures
- Compression Fractures
- Elbow Fractures
- Femoral Fractures
- Fibula Fractures
- Fracture Dislocation
- Humeral Fractures
- Intra-Articular Fractures
- Knee Fractures
- Malunited Fractures
- Multiple Fractures
- Open Fractures
- Osteoporotic Fractures
- Periprosthetic Fractures
- Radius Fractures
- Rib Fractures
- Shoulder Fractures
- Skull Fractures
- Spinal Fractures
- Spontaneous Fractures
- Stress Fractures
- Tibial Fractures
- Ulna Fractures
- Ununited Fractures
- Wrist Fractures
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Synonyms
15 entry terms
- Broken Bones
- Fractures, Bone
- Bone Fracture
- Bone, Broken
- Bones, Broken
- Broken Bone
- Fracture, Bone
- Spiral Fractures
- Torsion Fractures
- Fracture, Spiral
- Fracture, Torsion
- Fractures, Spiral
- Fractures, Torsion
- Spiral Fracture
- Torsion Fracture
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Aspects Covered
35 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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Indexing Annotation
coordinate with specific bone /inj but note many precoordinated Bone/Fracture terms and specific types of fractures
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History Note
2006
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Bone Fractures. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D050723. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D050723
- Bone Fractures. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bone_fracture
- Bone Fractures. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q68833