Concept of fracture management for general practitioners
1 min readAug 13, 2017
When encounter the patients with acute fracture. There are points to be considered.
- Do you recognize this fracture as the whole?
- Does the fracture need reduction?
- Can the fracture be reduced by closed method?
- Does the fracture need “strict” immobilization?
- How long does the fracture need for immobilization?
- Which clinical informations indicate fracture union?
- How to prevent possible complications of nonoperative treatment?
- Weight between the expected outcomes and possible complications after nonoperative treatment vs operative treatment.
- Anatomical reduction “is not necessary” for some kinds of fracture and completely healed “without” functional deficit.
- The treatment should be planned for the patients individually regarding age, activity, patient’s expected outcome and doctor’s competency.