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Bone healing, or fracture healing, is a proliferative physiological process in which the body facilitates the repair of a bone fracture. Generally, bone fracture treatment consists of a doctor reducing (pushing) displaced bones back into place via relocation with or without anaesthetic, stabilizing their position to aid union, and then waiting ...
IM nails have long been used to treat fractures of long bones of the body. Gerhard Küntscher is credited with the first use of this device in 1939, [1] [2] during World War II, for soldiers with fractures of the femur. Prior to that, treatment of such fractures was limited to traction or plaster, both of which required long periods of ...
An open fracture (or compound fracture) is a bone fracture where the broken bone breaks through the skin. [2] A bone fracture may be the result of high force impact or stress , or a minimal trauma injury as a result of certain medical conditions that weaken the bones, such as osteoporosis , osteopenia , bone cancer , or osteogenesis imperfecta ...
The Ilizarov apparatus corrects deformed bones by way of the process of distraction osteogenesis, which reproduces bone tissues. After an initial surgery during which the bone to repair is fractured, and the apparatus is attached to the limb of the patient; once the fracture has been immobilised, the bone tissues begin to grow and eventually ...
Surgery may be considered when one or more of the following is presents Comminution with separation (bone is broken into multiple pieces) Skin penetration (open fracture) Associated nervous and vascular trauma (brachial plexus or supraclavicular nerves) Nonunion after several months (3–6 months, typically)
Nonunion is permanent failure of healing following a broken bone unless intervention (such as surgery) is performed. A fracture with nonunion generally forms a structural resemblance to a fibrous joint, and is therefore often called a "false joint" or pseudoarthrosis (from Greek pseudo-, meaning false, and arthrosis, meaning joint).
A long-term deficiency in vitamin D can lead to osteoporosis, a disease that causes bone density loss, which can increase the risk of fractures and broken bones. Osteoporosis itself can also cause ...
Normally, bone continuously breaks down and rebuilds—old bone is resorbed and replaced with new bone. The process keeps the skeleton strong and helps it to maintain a balance of minerals. [23] In the course of avascular necrosis, however, the healing process is usually ineffective and the bone tissues break down faster than the body can ...