Fracture care: practice question

A Orthopaedics question in the style of the NEET PG paper. Answer it first, then read why the right option is right and why each of the others is wrong.

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Orthopaedics · Fracture care

Sample item

What does immobilization achieve after fracture reduction?

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The answer and the reasoning

A. Maintain alignment while healing

Immobilization maintains acceptable reduction, limits painful movement, and protects healing tissues while fracture union progresses under appropriate follow-up.

Option by option

  • A. Maintain alignment while healing (correct)

    Correct: immobilization helps maintain reduction during healing.

  • B. Eliminate all pain

    Immobilization may reduce pain but cannot eliminate all pain.

  • C. Replace follow-up

    Follow-up remains needed to check healing and alignment.

  • D. Increase displacement

    Increasing displacement is harmful and not a treatment goal.

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What is the answer to this Orthopaedics question?

The best answer is A, Maintain alignment while healing. Immobilization maintains acceptable reduction, limits painful movement, and protects healing tissues while fracture union progresses under appropriate follow-up.

Why is "Eliminate all pain" not the answer?

Immobilization may reduce pain but cannot eliminate all pain.

Why is "Replace follow-up" not the answer?

Follow-up remains needed to check healing and alignment.

Why is "Increase displacement" not the answer?

Increasing displacement is harmful and not a treatment goal.

What concept does this question test?

It tests Fracture care in Orthopaedics. The correct option holds because: Correct: immobilization helps maintain reduction during healing.

How hard is this question?

We tag it as an application question: it asks you to use a fact on a patient or a finding. The tag is our own editorial judgement, not an official difficulty rating, so read the reason for every option, not only the answer.

How should I study Fracture care?

Pair each fracture with its classic complication and nerve injured. Then use the flashcards and the other Orthopaedics questions on this site to test what stuck.

Is this a real NEET PG question?

No. It is an original practice item (editorial status: sample, version 1). NextPrep does not publish recalled or leaked questions, and independent faculty review of this item has not been completed yet, so confirm important facts in a standard textbook.