fracture repair
Fixing broken bones
Fracture repair is the medical treatment of broken bones, encompassing everything from setting and immobilization to surgical intervention with pins, plates, or screws.
The term also describes the body's natural healing process—the biological sequence by which bone tissue regenerates and knits itself back together: The surgeon explained the fracture repair would take six to eight weeks.
- hairline crackNarrow, barely visible fissure
- splintDevice immobilizing injured limbs
- castPerformers, throw, or splint
- screwsThreaded metal fasteners
- boneHard skeletal tissue
plates · bone healing · bone grafting · pins · rods · orthopedic surgery · mineralization · non-union · remodeling · osteoblasts · physical therapy · range of motion · cast removal · brace · angiogenesis · bruise · trauma · healing
fracture repairfracture
Split in hard material
bone fracture · bone break · broken bone · compound fracture · stress fracture
fracture repairsprain treatment
Care for twisted joints
ligament repair · tendon repair · muscle repair · rotator cuff repair · ACL reconstruction