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FRACTURE INCOMPLETE [3 records]

Record 1 2000-03-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radiography (Medicine)
  • Musculoskeletal System
DEF

An incomplete fracture, involving the convex side of the curve only.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radiographie (Médecine)
  • Appareil locomoteur (Médecine)
DEF

Fracture incomplète, propre à l'enfant, consécutive à une flexion responsable d’une rupture corticale du côté convexe, alors que du côté concave, la corticale et le périoste résistent, ce dernier étant habituellement seulement décollé. [D'après EMSQU, 31010, A10, 1983, pp. 2, 14. ]

Spanish

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Record 2 1996-01-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Musculoskeletal System
DEF

A fracture with a broken cortex but in which the bone is not in complete discontinuity, occurring in young bones. [From ROENF, 1978, p. 9 and BORTH, 1990, p. 7.]

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareil locomoteur (Médecine)
DEF

Fracture corticale respectant totalement ou partiellement la continuité périostée, caractéristique de l’os de l’enfant. [D’après TENFA, 1987, p. 24.]

Spanish

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Record 3 1992-09-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radiography (Medicine)
  • Musculoskeletal System
DEF

Compression fracture of a long bone in or near the metaphysis. It is usually an incomplete fracture and occurs in young children.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radiographie (Médecine)
  • Appareil locomoteur (Médecine)
DEF

Fracture de l'enfant, incomplète, présentant un aspect boursouflé de la corticale, habituellement au niveau de la métaphyse.(D'après EMSQU, 31010, A10, 1983, pp. 2, 14. ]

OBS

source d : EMSQU, 31010, A10, 1983, p. 14.

Spanish

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