Saturday, October 2, 2010

OUCH!!

We were talking about the classification of fractures in class last week. The professor said the picture of the compound fracture didn't really do the injury justice. I googled imaged it and she was right! OUCH!
A compound fracture is a fracture of bone that breaks through the skin.
It looks pretty horrific and complicated to treat.
I haven't looked into it too far but I am sure it requires surgery and is at a high risk of infection.
It looks insanely painful and I wont post a pic of it here, but google image has some pretty graphic results, if you so desire!

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