To determine the severity and treatment/recovery time, doctors will typically perform anX-ray.
As a patient, you have the right to use to fully understand both your diagnosis and treatment options.
To do so, you would be well served to understand the terminology used to describe a fracture.
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Doctors will describe this in terms that evaluate the progress of the repair.
These include terms such as:
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Marsh, J.
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“OTA Fracture Classification.
“Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma.2009; 23(8):551.
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