Question

Please tell a story of either you or a family member breaking a bone. Which bone was it? What type of fracture occurred? What were the long term prognosis/treatment must 230-250 words discussion

Answer 1

Answer

Here I have included story related my father

Mr.Joseph, 57 yrs presents to the emergency department with history of fall with complaints sweelling and pain over the right leg ,The doctor confirmed the diagnosis after x-ray is fracture on Rit leg (Spiral fracture)

The affected bone is tibia

The type of fracture closed spiral fracture

Treatment

The treatment of the fracture include

Reduction

Reduction of the fracture refers to the restoration of fracture fragments to anatomic alignment and rotation

Open reduction

It is a surgical procedure approach in which the fracture fragments are reduced external or internal fixation devices(such as pins,metals,screw,wire,nails,rids)hold the fragments bone untile restore the normal position.

Here patient open reduction with internal fixation was done

Immobilisation

Immobilisation may be accomplished by internal or external fixation.

Methods of external fixation include bandage,caste ,splints,continuous traction and external fixatior.

Metal implants used for internal fixation sereve as internal splint to immobilise the fracture.

Here patient had internal fixation with splint helps to immobilise the fractured area.

Traction

Traction including use of weights,ropes and pulleys to apply force to tissue sorrounding a broken bone

Here the traction used for patient is skeletal traction.

Pain management

Administered Opioid analgesics examples :Injection tramadol.

Prognosis

He had good prognosis after the reduction surgery and along with traction,the symptoms are subsided after few weeks,the pain ,swelling and associated symptoms are reduced.