How do you describe a fracture on an X-ray?

How do you describe a fracture on an X-ray?

Broadly, these can be split into:

1. complete: all the way through the bone. transverse: straight across the bone. oblique: an oblique line across the bone.
2. incomplete: the whole cortex is not broken. bowing: the long bone has been bent.
3. Salter-Harris: fractures that involve the growth plate.

How do you describe fracture translation?

Fracture translation (also called translocation) describes the movement of fractured bones away from each other. In some cases, people will just use the term displacement to describe translation. However, displacement should really be used as a broad term that refers to angulation, translation and rotation.

How do you explain an X-ray to a patient?

X-rays are a type of radiation called electromagnetic waves. X-ray imaging creates pictures of the inside of your body. The images show the parts of your body in different shades of black and white. This is because different tissues absorb different amounts of radiation.

How do you describe the displacement of a fracture?

Displaced and non-displaced fractures refer to the alignment of the fractured bone. In a displaced fracture, the bone snaps into two or more parts and moves so that the two ends are not lined up straight. If the bone is in many pieces, it is called a comminuted fracture.

How do you classify fracture displacement?

Why are two X-rays used in the evaluation of a fracture?

• Date of x-ray Two views help to fully describe the fracture in both planes. It is easy to miss a fracture with only one view (see red circle). X-rays of the two adjacent

What is the purpose of the X-ray interpretation field?

This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. Hip X-rays are a frequently requested radiological investigation and the ability to interpret them is a key clinical skill.

How do you interpret an X-ray?

Always begin X-ray interpretation by carefully checking the details of the patient and radiograph. The ABCS approach provides a generic framework to assess most types of X-rays (alignment and joint space, bone texture, cortices and soft tissues).

Can a fracture be missed in an X-ray?

• Date of x-ray Two views help to fully describe the fracture in both planes. It is easy to miss a fracture with only one view (see red circle). X-rays of the two adjacent joints must be taken. Just a shaft view is not enough. • One of the two fractures could be missed in an x-ray not showing the entire bone.