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Abstract
Fractures in which there is an external wound communicating with the break of the bone.
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7 entry terms
- Fractures, Compound
- Fractures, Open
- Compound Fracture
- Compound Fractures
- Fracture, Compound
- Fracture, Open
- Open Fracture
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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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78(73)
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Previous Indexing
- Fractures (1966-1972)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Open Fractures. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D005597. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D005597
- Open Fractures. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_fracture
- Open Fractures. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3080304