Is it "fractured" or "broken"? A patient survey study to assess injury comprehension after orthopaedic trauma - Ghorbanhoseini M, Riedel MD, Gonzalez T, Hafezi P, Kwon JY.

BACKGROUND: Patients who sustain orthopaedic trauma in the form of fractures commonly ask treating providers whether the bone is "fractured" or "broken". While orthopaedic surgeons consider these terms synonymous, patients appear to comprehend the terms as...

Source: SafetyLit - September 20, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Risk Factor Prevalence, Injury Occurrence Source Type: news