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A trauma fracture would be any fracture that occurred during some event that was considered a trauma. If you were involved in an automobile accident and sustained a fracture that would be a trauma fracture. If someone came along an hit you with a baseball bat that fractured your tibia that would also qualify as a trauma fracture. If you were walking down the street and the tibia fractured it would not be considered a trauma fracture. There is a big difference between fractured ribs and broken ribs. With broken ribs the doctor is worried that a piece of a rib may puncture your lung.
In an open fracture, the ends of the broken bone tear the skin. When the bone and skin are exposed, they are at risk of infection. This type of fracture is also called a compound fracture. In a closed fracture, the broken bone does not break the skin. broken bone can be described as a: 1  nondisplaced fracture: The bone is broken into pieces that can be aligned in place. 2  displaced fracture: The bone is broken into pieces that donât align. 3  hairline fracture: The bone is broken in a thin crack. 4  single fracture: The bone is broken only in one place.