Glossary
Fracture: A fracture is a break in the bone or cartilage. Fractures are also named by the trauma event that cause the bone breakage.Chronic pain: Pain that occurs of long duration pain.
Arthritis: A disease marked by inflammation and pain in the joints.
Swelling: Abnormal inflammation that occurs in the body.
Bone graft: Bone graft is a surgical procedure to replace the broken bone into new one.
Scaphoid bone: Scaphoid bone is one of the small bones in the wrist.
Carpel bone: Carpal bones are 8 in number that allow the wrist to move and rotate.
X-ray: This is a procedure enhanced by computer, the results are three dimensioned scan through a body part showing bone and body tissue.
MRI: A painless method using magnetic fields for taking pictures of internal organs.
