http://mychannelnews.info/bone-injury/how-to-effectively-treat-different-types-of-bone-injury/ Latest Channel News Tue, 02 Feb 2010 23:04:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://mychannelnews.info/bone-injury/how-to-effectively-treat-different-types-of-bone-injury/comment-page-1/#comment-1666 TILLMAN MOORE Sun, 06 Dec 2009 01:41:00 +0000 http://mychannelnews.info/?p=1513#comment-1666 Description of open and closed fractures is accurate but discussions of treatment and implications hit the nail right on the finger The implication of an fracture that penetrates the skin = "open" is that the bone ends penetrate into our germ laden environment. This injury requires washing cleaning closure in surgery and immobilization. Bone has essentially no resistance to infection particularly if its blood supply is impaired as it routinely is in displaced fractures. Despite powerful antibiotics and stabilization of the bone ends infection of the bone is common a condition called osteomyelitis meaning bone infection. Once this happens the bone will ordinarily not unite because it cannot so long as infection is present Multiple surgeries and prolonged expensive IV antibiotics are sometimes successful. The cost of treatment of an open fracture of the shin or thigh bone can approach $250000 in addition to lost wages or personnel replacement costs. Pain and disrupted relationships are also common. Nobody is getting rich particularly not the patient Description of open and closed fractures is accurate but discussions of treatment and implications hit the nail right on the finger
The implication of an fracture that penetrates the skin = “open” is that the bone ends penetrate into our germ laden environment. This injury requires washing cleaning closure in surgery and immobilization. Bone has essentially no resistance to infection particularly if its blood supply is impaired as it routinely is in displaced fractures. Despite powerful antibiotics and stabilization of the bone ends infection of the bone is common a condition called osteomyelitis meaning bone infection. Once this happens the bone will ordinarily not unite because it cannot so long as infection is present
Multiple surgeries and prolonged expensive IV antibiotics are sometimes successful. The cost of treatment of an open fracture of the shin or thigh bone can approach $250000 in addition to lost wages or personnel replacement costs. Pain and disrupted relationships are also common. Nobody is getting rich particularly not the patient

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