Problem description: My mother just had a car accident and the doctor said it was an open fracture. I am a little worried, so what is an open fracture?
Question date:2020-09-24
Patient information:Age: 58 Gender: Female
Open fracture is the fracture end and Connect with the outside world.
Open fractures can also show local skin and mucosal damage to bone tissue. Open fractures are divided into three degrees. Once open fractures are wounds below three centimeters, there will be slight contusions in the soft tissues, but there is no obvious pollution and fracture ends. For a second-degree open fracture, the wound is between 3-15 cm, the fractured end is exposed, there is moderate soft tissue damage, and the pollution is obvious. For a third-degree open fracture, the wound is more than 15 cm, the fracture end is exposed, the soft tissue is damaged, and the pollution is serious.
So patients with open fractures should go to the hospital for medical treatment as soon as possible, combined with symptomatic treatment of the specific condition, it is important to treat as soon as possible, so as not to miss the best treatment time and cause the condition to become worse.
Recommendations are for reference only. If the problem is serious, please go to the hospital for detailed examination