How to manage avulsion fractures

  Patients with avulsion fractures should be treated promptly in the emergency department, radiology department, and orthopedic surgery department.  In this case, it is important to pay attention to the protection of the injured area and not to move the injured area to avoid the possibility of damaging the adjacent tissues, because multiple avulsion fractures occur in the knees, joints, ankles, finger joints and other parts of the body, so active treatment is still very critical. Depending on the fracture site and the form of the fracture, the fracture is fixed, such as plaster fixation, internal fixation, etc. It is crucial to pay attention to the protection of the fracture site, adequate rest, and to reduce the activity of the avulsion fracture site, as well as to keep the damaged area warm in a timely manner. Strength, in the rehabilitation training, the amplitude of training, should be gradually increased from a small amplitude, not too much at once the amplitude of too much movement, so as not to lead to the possibility of re-injury of tendons and ligaments.  In addition, the rehabilitation period with rehabilitation training, which is conducive to the recovery of the fracture, but also timely review to observe the avulsion fracture, the recovery status, which should be the most critical.