What Is a Comminuted Fracture? A comminuted (pronounced: kah-muh-NOOT-ed) fracture is a type of broken bone. The bone is broken into more than two pieces. It takes a lot of force for someone to get a ...

Nondisplaced fractures often require only bracing, booting or casting treatment. A displaced fracture is one in which two or more portions of broken bone come out of proper alignment. Severe cases can ...

Long term morbidity is common after fractures of the talus. A case is presented of a patient with a comminuted fracture of the body of the talus with non-diagnostic initial standard ankle radiographs.