Fracture
by Eman Shalaby
1. Incomplete
1.1. Green stick fracture
1.2. Fissured fracture
1.3. Deferred fracture
1.4. Splintered fracture
1.5. Star fracture
2. Complete
2.1. Number of fracture lines
2.1.1. Single fracture
2.1.2. Segmental fracture
2.1.3. Comminuted fracture
2.2. Soft tissue damage
2.2.1. Simple fracture
2.2.2. Compound fracture
2.2.2.1. First degree
2.2.2.2. Second degree
2.2.2.3. Third degree
2.2.3. Complicated fracture
2.3. Shape of fracture lines
2.3.1. Transverse fracture
2.3.2. Oblique fracture
2.3.3. Spiral fracture
2.3.4. Longitudinal fracture
2.4. Location
2.4.1. Diaphyseal fracture
2.4.2. Metaphyseal fracture
2.4.3. Epiphyseal fracture
2.4.4. Physeal fracture
2.5. Displacement
2.5.1. Transverse
2.5.2. Longitudinal
2.5.3. Overlapped
2.5.4. Angular
2.5.5. Avulsed
2.5.6. Impacted
2.5.7. Compressed
2.5.8. Depressed