Fracture is caused when the structural continuity of a bone is broken. Fracture management in Guntur is used to reduce the fracture that restores normal anatomy and maintain reduce position in such a way that it will withstand
the potential for loss of reduction.
The basic goals of fracture management are
- Prevent Fracture Complications
- Treat fracture to heal in a satisfactory position
- Treat patient to obtain optimal function recovery
- Rehabilitate by active and passive exercise
Causes of fracture
- Traumatic incident
- Repetitive stress
- Abnormal weakening of bones
Types of fracture
Open – Bone fragments are exposed to the outer environment
Close - Bone fragments are not exposed to the outer environment
Management of patient’s fracture includes
- Treat the patient not X-ray of fractures
- Diagnose and treat life-threatening injuries
- Involve Emergency orthopedic
-
- Monitor of fracture
- Rehabilitation and treatment of complicated fractures.
Treatment principle
- Reduction
- Maintain reduction
- Rehabilitation
- Prevent and treat complications.
Procedure
- If open fracture irrigates wound with saline or tap water
- Immobilize fracture area with external or internal fixations.
- Remove contaminants with meticulous efforts
- View with images (x-ray, photo)
- Provide patient with antibiotics and tetanus prophylaxis
- Check the distal neurovascular status
- Re-assess
Reduction maintains external method
- POP
- Resin cast
- Surface traction
- Skeletal traction
Reduction maintains internal method
- Nail, plate, and screw
- Wires and pins
- Plates and screws
- Nails and rods
Make an appointment with Dr. Giridhar Boyapati who is the best doctors for bone fractures at fracture management hospitals in Guntur
