Our Bones Research Paper

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Our bones are the foundation of our body. Hence, they require special care when extreme damage occurs such as fractures. I want to show people how it can affect someone’s life like it affected mine. My interest in this topic originated because I was personally in an accident that changed my life. In the accident I broke my femur which is the largest bone in our bodies. It has been a long tedious process that takes a lot of motivation and perseverance. The day after my surgery I was expected to get up and walk with crutches, it wasn’t as easy as I imagined, I was motivated to get up not only because I wanted to be confident about the condition I was in but I wanted it to be a fast recovery. The accident did not only affect me it also affected my family emotionally and financially. It affected my parents and other family members because when they got the news that I had an …show more content…
In this type of operation, metal pins or screws are placed through the bone above and below the fracture. The pins or screws are being held by a metal bar outside of the skin. This procedure holds the bones in proper place while they heal. In cases where the skin and other tissues around the fracture area might be badly damaged, an external procedure may be done until surgery occurs.

Similarly, there’s the Open reduction and internal fixation, this is when the bones are aligned and held together with special screws, nails, or by attaching metal plates on the outside surface of the bone. A process called traction is usually used to align a bone/bones by a gentle, steady pulling action on a limb or muscle to maintain the position of the fractured bone.

In my situation since the femur is our strongest bone and takes a lot of pressure mostly from our body weight, the doctor recommended it was best to place a rod & nails through the inside of my bone to hold it together so it can tolerate as much or even more weight as the regular bone