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What are some signs and symptoms of a metacrapal hairline fracture or just regular fracture?

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Dr. Mark Hutchinson answered

Specializes in Orthopedic Surgery

Pain: An unstable fracture will have deformity but a stress fracture could displace if ignored. Generally they have focal pain over the bone. X-rays are the way to know forvsure.

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Dr. Peter Ihle answered

Specializes in Orthopedic Surgery

Injury pain edema: Both r a break in the continuity of the bone and will b preceded gy trauma, followed by pain, swelling. A hairline fracture is just a sub set of fractures. Hairline, displaced, comminuted, all r degrees of a fracture and more can't give a def. 4 reg fx.

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