Structured Summary
Abstract
A fracture in which the bone is splintered or crushed into a number of pieces.
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Synonyms
3 entry terms
- Fractures, Comminuted
- Comminuted Fracture
- Fracture, Comminuted
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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 or precoordinated Bone/Fracture term
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History Note
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Previous Indexing
- Fractures (1966-1994)
- specific fracture (1966-1994)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Comminuted Fractures. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D018460. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D018460
- Comminuted Fractures. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30927439