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Fracture classification systems have been developed in order to better direct treatment and prognostication and to provide information on biomechanical factors that promote fracture and therefore could be useful in prevention [170]. The topography, configuration and complexity of the fracture should be described in a thorough but concise manner. Fracture description should include the ‘what’, ‘where’ and ‘significance’ of the finding. For example, a typical fracture of the scapula in racehorses may be described as ‘a complete, displaced, closed, oblique fracture (what) at the level of the distal end of the spine (where), separating the bone into a large proximal fragment and a smaller distal fragment (significance)’ [170]. Features of fractures and qualifiers of features are provided in Table 3.2.