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What is prescribed for a compound fracture in the right arm?
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Varies: They are several factors taking place when making a decision as how to treat an open fx(compound fx)all depend what degree of contamination, is just a punture wound or is the bone sticking out trough the skin, is the fx comminuted(several pieces)or simple fx.So you can see that the treatment varies according those conditions.
Answered 9/29/2012
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