open fracture

American  

noun

1. compound fracture.

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• compound fracture vs. open fracture

Example Sentences

More than 6,700 patients who had surgery to treat a closed lower extremity or pelvic fracture and 1,700 patients who had surgery to treat an open fracture participated in the study.

From Science Daily

“If it’s an open fracture, where the fracture has penetrated the skin and the bone is exposed, your prognosis rapidly decreases due to infection because you are running on a dirt surface,” Blea said.

From Los Angeles Times

A male climber was found in critical condition with an open fracture on his lower leg and head trauma and another female climber was alert and oriented with a lower leg fracture.

From Los Angeles Times

The crash left him with open fractures of the tibia and the fibula in his right leg, and it led surgeons to add rods, plates and screws to his leg.

From New York Times

He had open fractures in the upper and lower portions of the right tibia and fibula.

From BBC