Double fractures are bone injuries wherein the fragments are in two sections on only one bone. A double fracture may cause some cracks and breaks on the bone surface, resulting to two bone fragments. This type of bone injury is one of the most common types of bone fragments and can either be closed or open injuries. Most cases of double fractures can be treated using internal fixation techniques except in situations when the bones have been badly fragmented and can only be aligned back through the use of surgery. Double Fracture Types • Impacted fracture . Impacted fractures are like compression fractures wherein the fragment caused the compression of two bones against each other. This means the fracture happens on the same bone. An impacted injury is also closed fracture, which can result when too much pressure is applied on both ends of the bone. • Simple fracture . The simpler type of a double fracture, simple fractures causes one long crack on the middle of the bone, causing
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