TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Long Bone Fractures
A1  - Malone, Terry R.
A1  - Hazle, Charles
A1  - Grey, Michael L.
A1  - Hendrix, Paul C.
PY  - 2016
T2  - Imaging for the Health Care Practitioner
AB  - The  appendicular  skeletal  structures  include  a  set  of  long  bones  for  both  the  upper  and  lower  extremities.  The  special  functions  associated  with  these  structures  provide  unique  fracture  and,  thus,  healing  patterns.  Since  the  lower  extremity  is  weight  bearing,  specific  approaches  to  fracture  management  which  allow  some  level  of  early  weight  bearing  have  evolved  to  better  minimize  the  secondary  changes  associated  with  immobilization  and  a  non–weight-bearing  status.  As  a  general  rule,  lower  extremity  management  is  all  about  function  (enable  return  to  weight  bearing  and  thus  ambulation),  whereas  upper  extremity  management  is  more  likely  to  include  a  level  of  attention  to  cosmesis.  The  long  bones  each  have  inherent  patterns  of  loading  related  to  their  individual  roles,  and  thus  have  specific  patterns  of  injury.  These  will  be  addressed  in  each  section  of  this  chapter,  primarily  as  fractures  of  the  shafts  of  the  long  bones.  Those  fractures  which  include  the  articular  portions  of  the  bones  are  discussed  in  the  chapters  of  their  respective  joints.  
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PB  - McGraw-Hill Education
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/19
UR  - accessphysiotherapy.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1128340506
ER  -