Diseases

Open Fractures

Fractures in which there is an external wound communicating with the break of the bone.

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Abstract

Fractures in which there is an external wound communicating with the break of the bone.

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Synonyms

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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History Note

78(73)

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Previous Indexing

  • Fractures (1966-1972)

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WE 182

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Open Fractures. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D005597. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D005597
  2. Open Fractures. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_fracture
  3. Open Fractures. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3080304