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displaced fracture

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Noun1.displaced fracture - fracture in which the two ends of the broken bone are separated from one another
fracture, break - breaking of hard tissue such as bone; "it was a nasty fracture"; "the break seems to have been caused by a fall"


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Closed reductions of arytenoid dislocations or minimally displaced fractures of the laryngeal skeleton, occasionally followed by endoscopically introduced stents, have been suggested as alternatives to open reductions.
[10] Displaced fractures are considered an orthopedic emergency.
Internal fixation requires surgery to explore the pelvis, followed by reduction of the displaced fracture segments.
 
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