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Physical damage to the continuity of a bone
Medical condition
Bone fracture
Other names
broken bone, bone break
Internal and external views of an arm with a compound fracture, both before and after surgery
Specialty
Orthopedics
Diagnostic method
X-ray, MRI
A bone fracture (abbreviated FRX or Fx, Fx, or #) is a medical condition in which there is a partial or complete break in the continuity of any bone in the body. In more severe cases, the bone may be broken into several fragments, known as a comminuted fracture.[1] A bone fracture may be the result of high force impact or stress, or a minimal trauma injury as a result of certain medical conditions that weaken the bones, such as osteoporosis, osteopenia, bone cancer, or osteogenesis imperfecta, where the fracture is then properly termed a pathologic fracture.[2]
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