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What kind of fracture breaks through the skin, causing a lot of bleeding and increasing chances of infection?

A. Stress fracture
B. Compound fracture
C. Complex fracture
D. Simple fracture

User Elad Avron
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Your answer choice is B
User Caglar
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Answer:

The correct answer is B. Compound fracture

Step-by-step explanation:

Compound fracture is a serious injury in which the broken bone tears the skin. So in compound fracture as bone tears the skin from inside in cause lots of bleeding and the open wound which makes the site of fracture vulnerable for infections.

More the damage to the bone and soft tissue more will be the chances of infection. If the bone gets the infection then it is more difficult to treat it and lots of antibiotics and multiple surgeries could be required to treat the fracture and infection. In some cases, it can become life-threatening. So the correct answer is B.

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