Fractures, What Are The Different Types? - Dr. Mullis (VIDEO)
Dr. Mullis introduces himself and shares the differing types of fractures.
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Dr. Mullis:
So, a fracture itself, there’s sometimes some confusion of what that means. A fracture is simply a break in the bone. Fractures may be what we call displaced, meaning there is some motion at the fracture site where it’s no longer where it was before it was broken, or it can be non-displaced, meaning a doctor can see a small line on an x-ray, but it hasn’t actually moved, and so sometimes that’s confusing as far as what a fracture versus a break means. They really mean the same thing.
About Dr. Mullis, M.D.:
Dr. Brian Mullis, M.D., is the Chief of Orthopaedic Trauma Service and Assistant Professor of Clinical Orthopaedics in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at Indiana University School of Medicine. He has a special clinical interest in orthopaedic trauma and post-traumatic complications with a focus on pelvis and acetabulum fractures, peri-articular fractures of both upper and lower extremity, bone healing, nonunions, malunions, deformity and post-traumatic infections.
