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Descriptor English: Fractures, Open
Descriptor Spanish: Fracturas Abiertas
Descriptor fracturas abiertas
Entry term(s) fracturas compuestas
fracturas expuestas
Scope note: Fracturas en las que hay una herida exterior que se comunica con la ruptura del hueso.
Descriptor Portuguese: Fraturas Expostas
Descriptor French: Fractures ouvertes
Entry term(s): Compound Fracture
Compound Fractures
Fracture, Compound
Fracture, Open
Fractures, Compound
Open Fracture
Open Fractures
Tree number(s): C26.404.311
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D005597
Scope note: Fractures in which there is an external wound communicating with the break of the bone.
Annotation: coordinate with specific bone /inj or precoordinated Bone/Fracture term
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CN congenital
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Fractures (1966-1972)
Public MeSH Note: 78
History Note: 78(73)
Related: Open Fracture Reduction MeSH
DeCS ID: 5733
Unique ID: D005597
NLM Classification: WE 182
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1978/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2016/07/07
Fractures, Open - Preferred
Concept UI M0008808
Scope note Fractures in which there is an external wound communicating with the break of the bone.
Preferred term Fractures, Open
Entry term(s) Compound Fracture
Compound Fractures
Fracture, Compound
Fracture, Open
Fractures, Compound
Open Fracture
Open Fractures



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