Compound Fractures

this article on compound fractures contradicts itself…says does not need to be thru the skin. which is true? thank you. i had both tibia and fibia broke and had to be in traction, but bone not thru the skin. is that consicered a compound fracture? thank you.

*tibia
*considered

sorry, half asleep

In order for an injury to be classified as a compound fracture, the outside air (and dirt and bacteria) must be able to get to the fracture site without a barrier of skin or soft-tissue…Therefore, a bone does not need to be through the skin in order for the injury to be called a compound fracture. ‘its a contradiction in terms’

http://www.yourdictionary.com/ahd/c/c0535100.html

compound fracture definition
n.
A fracture in which broken bone fragments lacerate soft tissue and protrude through an open wound in the skin.

my son has a compound fracture and so far has had an ex fix on his leg for eleven weeks, they want him to go back in another three weeks for xray. Why is this taking so long to heal(its his Tibia thats broken) and also they say they will remove the ex fix while he is awake, isnt this going to be extremely painful for him? thankyou Tracy.

my husband had a compound fracture 4years ago. tibia and fibia clear through the skin, he has been in pain ever since, at the ankle part of surgery he has literally a bolt protruding through the skin from the titanium rod placed through his leg, is this common? and is it fixable?? we are seriously considering a suit!

margaret,
I had a very similar injury, in 2003, I have many screws protuding, as well as daily pain. I do not believe the surgens are at fault, quite franky i am just happy to have my foot still attached. but i am interested to see what you guys come up with. i have been trying to collect disabuility and keep getting turned down.

Eduardo..[Arsenal Striker] Has Suffered A Leg Break And Now Has Something Called A Compound Fracture…How Will It Heall…How Longg..??

My husband has a compound fracture which happened 6 days ago but are yet to repair it even though it is now clean and seems free from infection is this normal to take so long to repair?

I had a campound fracture(leg) 2 months ago and while i was in rehab (after a month & week) I had high tempreture (103 degree) for for first day and around 99 second day. It stopped by itself and didnot reoceer. I was rush to emergency and despite of all tests they couldnot find anything. I’m still curious why i had fever? My surgery wound is healing fine.

love to hear from you guys

newkife- i had a similar thing happen after a compound fracture of my arm. i was diagnosed with very minor osteomyelitis which healed with antibiotics. it could have been the same, except it healed up on its own.

I suffered a multiple compound fracture in my right leg in January it is now July and the wound is still not healing around the area of my skin graft also the bone has not healed. Is this normal?

My husband had an open compound fracture of his tibia & fibula with a dislocated ankle.They took him immediately to surgery w/a orthopedic specialist. Months later he had a sever staff infection. It presented it’s self by a 4X4X2in dark&lime green abscess, excruciating pain, and red inflammation up to the knee.They hospitalized 5 days and removed all hardware.
Now going on 4yrs later hes still in pain, walks with a limp and forgoes favorite activities.He has seen a couple of Dr’s $300 for insoles, precription of tremadole, $500 insoles”These are better” Dr said.
So I’m left with searching the web for any information. I greatly appreciate any help, I want him to have his life back. Thank you.

woa natalie bones take months to heal fully

if you mean, set the bone, the doctors have lots of reasons

this does not make sence
and is not true

My husband suffered a compound fracture of his left ankle in July,2008..then in Sept it started to drain and was very painful..so the Dr.took him to surgery immedently…and cleaned all the infected flesh out and put a wound vac. on it.. after several week it was taken off and wet to dry bandages used..3weeks ago it looked like it had finally healed..and then it opened up and started to drain and looked like it had months earlier.. the pain has been severe…the Dr. says it is ok and to do the wet to dry bandageing again..it is looking better but is still painful… seems like it is taking so long…

I had an open compound fracture of my tibia and fibula 6 years ago at the age of 15. I had an external device and no pins or screws were left in. I am now experiencing bad pain when i exercise and it hurts more and more every time. My doctor recently gave me an MRI and a bone scan and nothing bad came up. Please help!!!

“In order for an injury to be classified as a compound fracture, the outside air (and dirt and bacteria) must be able to get to the fracture site without a barrier of skin or soft-tissue. Therefore, a bone does not need to be through the skin in order for the injury to be called a compound fracture” means you can have a hole at the site of the fracture – the bone doesn’t necessarily have to be sticking out; it just needs to be exposed to air and bacteria.

I was struck by a car recently while riding my bike and suffered a compound fracture to my tibia and fibula in one leg. I just wanted to correct a number of people. You are referring to the tibia (shin bone) and fibula (not FIBIA) the calf bone, both of which are located in the lower leg. While it is easy to confuse (I was an anatomy and physiology student at one point in my life so I know the pain of this memorization) it helps you credibility if you use anatomically correct terminology.