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A skull fracture is a fracture or break in the cranial (skull) bones. See also concussion.
Review Date:
3/21/2006
Colles' fracture is a break across the end of the main bone of the forearm (the radius). A Colles' fracture results in a backward and outward position of the hand in relation to the forearm.
Review Date:
9/21/2006
If more pressure is put on a bone than it can stand, it will split or break. A break of any size is called a fracture. If the broken bone punctures the skin, it is called an open fracture (compound fracture).A stress fracture is a hairline crack in the bone that develops because of repeated or prolonged forces against the bone.
Review Date:
5/7/2007
Bone fracture repair is surgery to fix a broken bone using plates, nails, screws, or pins. Bone grafts may be used to allow for proper healing or to speed the healing process.
Review Date:
10/23/2006
A nose fracture is a break in the bone over the bridge of the nose.
Review Date:
1/30/2007
Traumatic injury of the bladder and urethra involves damage caused by external force.
Review Date:
6/13/2006
Spinal cord trauma is damage to the spinal cord. It may result from direct injury to the cord itself or indirectly from damage to surrounding bones, soft tissues, and blood vessels.
Review Date:
7/14/2006
Acoustic trauma is injury to the hearing mechanisms within the inner ear, caused by excessively loud noise.
Review Date:
10/20/2006
Facial nerve palsy due to birth trauma is the loss of voluntary muscle movement in an infant's face due to pressure on the facial nerves just before or at the time of delivery.
Review Date:
10/11/2007
A genital injury is an injury to the genitals or perineum, the area between the legs.
Review Date:
7/23/2007
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