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  2. Bone healing - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  3. Ilizarov apparatus - Wikipedia

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    In 1968, Ilizarov successfully treated the non-union osteopathy of Valeriy Brumel, a Soviet athlete, who suffered a broken ankle and a broken shinbone (tibia) of the right leg, [1] had undergone more than twenty failed bone-repair surgeries in three years, and yet his broken leg-bones had not healed and the leg was shorter than before the ...

  4. Bone fracture - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  5. Stress fracture - Wikipedia

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    The amount of recovery time varies greatly depending upon the location and severity of the fracture, and the body's healing response. Complete rest and a stirrup leg brace or walking boot are usually used for a period of four to eight weeks, although periods of rest of twelve weeks or more are not uncommon for more-severe stress fractures. [9]

  6. Patella fracture - Wikipedia

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    Typically the leg is immobilized in a straight position for the first three weeks and then increasing degrees of bending are allowed. [2] Other types of fractures generally require surgery. [2] [4] Patella fractures make up about 1% of all broken bones. [3] Males are affected more often than females. [3] Those of middle age are most often ...

  7. Periosteal reaction - Wikipedia

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    Examples of periosteal reactive bone in selected specimens of Triceratops. A periosteal reaction can result from a large number of causes, including injury and chronic irritation due to a medical condition such as hypertrophic osteopathy, bone healing in response to fracture, chronic stress injuries, subperiosteal hematomas, osteomyelitis, and cancer of the bone.

  8. External fixation - Wikipedia

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    External fixation is a surgical treatment wherein Kirschner pins and wires are inserted and affixed into bone and then exit the body to be attached to an external apparatus composed of rings and threaded rods — the Ilizarov apparatus, the Taylor Spatial Frame, and the Octopod External Fixator — which immobilises the damaged limb to facilitate healing. [1]

  9. Tibia shaft fracture - Wikipedia

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    Tibia shaft fracture is a fracture of the proximal (upper) third of the tibia (lower leg bone). Due to the location of the tibia, it is frequently injured. Thus it is the most commonly fractured long bone in the body. [1]