Find out information about types of fractures and how they heal.

1. Fractures are classified based on their severity, shape or position of the fracture line or the physician who first described them. 

2. Types of fractures:

1. Open fractures: The broken ends of the bone protrude through skin. 

2. Comminuted fractures: The bone is splintered, crushed or broken into pieces at the site of impact and smaller bone fragments lie between the two main fragments. 

3. Greenstick fractures: A partial fracture in which one side of the bone is broken and the other side bends. 

4. Impacted fractures: One end of the fractured bone is forcefully driven into the inferior of the other. 

5. Pott fractures: Fracture of the distal end lateral leg bone with serious injury of the distal tibial articulation. 

6. Codes fractures: Fracture of the distal end of the lateral forearm in which the distal fragment is displaced posteriorly. 

3. A fractured bone heals in four phases viz, reactive phase, fibrocartilaginous formation phase, bony callus formation phase and bone remodeling phase.