Orthopedics Archives - Offline Clinic Medicine, Surgery, Weight loss Sat, 24 Dec 2016 16:52:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.4 https://i0.wp.com/offlineclinic.com/wp-content/uploads/steth-icon-50.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Orthopedics Archives - Offline Clinic 32 32 8939382 How to speed up bone healing https://offlineclinic.com/speedup-bone-healing/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=speedup-bone-healing https://offlineclinic.com/speedup-bone-healing/#respond Sat, 24 Dec 2016 16:52:26 +0000 https://offlineclinic.com/?p=2680 Bone fractures are common. Anyone of us can result in having a broken bone, either due to injury or a planned surgery. There are 206 bones in the body, thus there are numerous different types of fractures, each having its own complications and healing time too. E.g. the fracture of finger will heal differently from […]

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]]> https://offlineclinic.com/speedup-bone-healing/feed/ 0 2680 Salter Harris fracture and its types https://offlineclinic.com/salter-harris-fracture-and-its-types/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=salter-harris-fracture-and-its-types https://offlineclinic.com/salter-harris-fracture-and-its-types/#comments Tue, 01 May 2012 16:49:12 +0000 http://offlineclinic.com/?p=543 Salter-Harris fracture is one which involves eipphyseal plate (growth plate) of a bone. 15% of the long bone fractures occurring in childhood are salter harris fractures. Salter-Harris fracture is a common injury in children. Types of Salter Harris fracture and their incidence There were 5 types of salter harris fractures described by Robert B salter […]

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]]> https://offlineclinic.com/salter-harris-fracture-and-its-types/feed/ 2 543 Gustilo classification of open fractures https://offlineclinic.com/gustilo-classification-of-open-fractures/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=gustilo-classification-of-open-fractures https://offlineclinic.com/gustilo-classification-of-open-fractures/#respond Tue, 01 May 2012 16:46:22 +0000 http://offlineclinic.com/?p=552 Gustilo is the most commonly used system to classify open fractures. This was created by Ramon Gustilo and Anderson and then expanded by Gustilo Mendoz and Williams later on. Gustilo system of classification uses the amount of energy, soft tissue damage and the extent of contamination to determine the type and severity of the fracture. […]

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