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I "broke" my scaphoid and I was just wondering if there is a difference between a break and a fracture.
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Both are fractures...
The appropriate word is cortical break or incomplete fracture..
And a fracture involves both the bony cortices. Also called complete fracture.
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Both are treated in similar lines. Incomplete fractures have union issues.
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If displaced then fracture otherwise crack
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