Open fracture
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open-fracture-272-18211166
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Open fracture
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An open fracture, also called a compound fracture, is a type of bone fracture that has an open wound in the skin near the fractured bone. The skin wound is usually caused by the bone breaking through the surface of the skin. An open fracture can be life threatening or limb-threatening due to the risk of a deep infection and/or bleeding. Open fractures are often caused by high energy trauma such as road traffic accidents and are associated with a high degree of damage to the bone and nearby soft
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Medical condition
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_fracture
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2024-04-24T20:14:40Z
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