Long bone fracture

external

• Synonyms

  • Limb fracture
  • Broken leg
  • Leg fracture

• Causes

  • Fall in elderly

• Effects

  • Acute blood loss
  • Compartment syndrome
  • Fat embolus
  • Nerve injury
  • Vascular injury
  • Disseminated intravascular coagulation

• Parents

  • Fracture

• Children

  • Fracture shaft of femur
  • Fracture shaft of humerus
  • Supracondylar fracture humerus