Meanings of open fracture in English

As the metal separated, he could see one open fracture of the femur.

He also has an open fracture on his arm.

The criteria of inclusion were open fracture and nonunion, delayed union or suspicion of delayed union.

I landed with an open fracture.

What that looks like is what we would call an open fracture, meaning you can see the bone through the injury.

These injuries sometimes occur as open fractures with poor soft tissue condition and bone defect adjacent to osteochondral fragment.

Some criteria such as open fractures and increasing open stage are known to be associated with high delayed union and pseudarthrosis rate.

The pathogenesis of non-unions is not always clear, although implant-associated infections play a significant role, especially after surgical treatment of open fractures.

Muscle damage and muscular atrophy associated with open fractures and subsequent fixation are not beneficial to maintaining optimum conditions for mechanical stability.

Osteomyelitis can result from a variety of etiologies but most often is a consequence of trauma ( open fractures) to a long bone.

Even though treatment protocols of open fractures have been improved in the past two decades, osteitis is still a major complication in these injuries.

High-energy injuries resulted in more severe distal femur fracture types and significantly greater rate of open fractures (19.8% of all fractures, p = 0.0001).