What are the treatments for fractures?

In life, many people always hurt themselves when they are not paying attention or when exercising. Fracture is a common phenomenon. However, as the saying goes, it takes a hundred days to heal a broken bone, so fracture is also quite troublesome and causes great inconvenience to our lives. In addition, if the fracture is not handled properly, it will also affect our future life.

The typical manifestations of fracture patients are local deformation after injury, abnormal movement of limbs, and bone friction sound when moving the limbs. In addition, the wound is extremely painful, with local swelling and bruising, and movement disorders occur after the injury.

The ultimate goal of fracture treatment is to restore the function of the injured limb to the maximum extent possible. Therefore, in the treatment of fractures, the three basic principles of reduction, fixation and functional exercise are very important.

1. Reset

It is to restore the displaced fracture ends to their normal or close to original anatomical relationship, so as to restore the supporting function of the bones. There are two methods of reduction: closed reduction and surgical reduction.

2. Fixation

After the fracture is reduced, it is unstable and prone to re-displacement. Therefore, different methods should be used to fix it in a satisfactory position so that it can heal gradually. Commonly used fixation methods include: small splints, plaster bandages, external fixation brackets, traction and braking fixation, etc. These fixation methods are called external fixation. If the incision is made during surgery and fixed with steel plates, steel pins, intramedullary nails, screws, etc., it is called internal fixation.

3. Functional exercise

By contracting the muscles of the injured limb, blood circulation in the tissues surrounding the fracture is increased, fracture healing is promoted, and muscle atrophy is prevented. By actively or passively moving the unfixed joints, joint adhesion and joint capsule contracture are prevented, so that the function of the injured limb can be restored to its normal state before the fracture as soon as possible.

The above introduces some treatment principles and methods for fractures. I hope it can help everyone in life. In fact, we should pay attention when we exercise in daily life to avoid fractures.