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Whatarethe5stagesoffracturehealing?
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Inorderforbonestohealafterafracture,it'snecessaryforthetwo(ormore)partsto
remainasstationaryaspossible.Significantmovementbetweenthemseemstodisrupt
thehealingprocess.Longbeforeorthopaedicsurgeonswerearoundtoinsertpinsand
nails(etc.!),naturehadherownwayofensuringfracturestabilityitformsabonysplint
aroundthefracture,calledacallus.
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Butwe'reaheadofourselves.Therearefivephaseoffracturehealing:
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Haematomaformationalmostinevitably,theforcesthatbrokethebone
alsobreakbloodvessels.Asaresult,thebreakbecomessurroundedbya
haematoma.
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Anatomy(10)
Biochemistry(57)
Cancer(14)
CaseStudies(7)
Granulationtissueformationwithinhoursofthefracture,thehaematoma
beginstobereabsorbedanditissimultaneouslyreplacedbyaninflammatory
infiltrate.Withtime,thisacuteinflammatoryinfiltratedevelopsintoachronic
one,withfibroblastsandsmallnewvesselformation.Inaddition,thecells
undertheperiosteumandmedullaproliferate.
Callusformationthepredominantcellpopulationchangestoosteoblasts
(whichlaydownnewbone)andosteoclasts(whichreabsorboldbone).The
resultingcellulartissue,withenlargingislandsofnewbone,iscalledacallus.
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Consolidationthebonelaiddownquicklyinthecallusiscalledwoven
bone,butintheconsolidationstageitisreplacedbythestrongerlamellar
bone.Thisprocessmaytakemonths.
Nonsense(17)
Obs+Gynae(9)
Pathology(20)
Pharmacology(32)
Remodellingthehealedbone'slamellaealignthemselvespredominantlyin
thedirectionoftheforcesactingonthebone,andexcessivebitsofboneare
reabsorbed.
Physiology(82)
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Thereisanicepictureofthestageshere.
Thiswholeprocesstakesanaverageof68weeksforupperlimbfracturesand1216
weeksforlowerlimbfractures,butthereisalotofvariationinthesefigures.Thebiggest
factordetermininghealingtimeisagechildrenhealmuchquicker(andmuchbetter)than
adults.
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Anonymous 8June2008at09:57
Moreinformationonbonefractures,bonehealingandvariousfixationmethods(Taylor
SpatialFrameorIlizarov)canbefoundhere.
Jeremy
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