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Ultrasonographic appearance of external callus in long-bone fractures.
Nicola Maffulli,A. Thornton +1 more
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High-resolution real-time ultrasound (US) scanning was used to monitor serially 24 patients with an acute long-bone fracture and three patients with humeral non-union, finding that US gave important information about the soft tissues surrounding the fracture site, and indicated callus formation at an early stage.Abstract:
High-resolution real-time ultrasound (US) scanning was used to monitor serially 24 patients with an acute long-bone fracture and three patients with humeral non-union, looking at the fracture site over a period of 12 months following the fracture. In both these groups, we found that US gave important information about the soft tissues surrounding the fracture site, and indicated callus formation at an early stage. US was more sensitive than conventional radiography at showing the early phases of organization of the callus, and its progression to bridging new bone formation. US also clearly showed a disorganized echopattern at the fracture site of the patients with non-union.read more
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Outcome assessment in clinical trials of fracture-healing.
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The biology of fracture healing in long bones
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Early histological and ultrastructural changes in medullary fracture callus.
Carl T. Brighton,Robert M. Hunt +1 more
TL;DR: The spatial relationship between the various cells suggests the possibility that the transformed endothelial cells, reticular cells, and polymorphic mesenchymal cells may be interrelated and may either be osteoblast progenitor cells or may in some way lead to the appearance of osteoblasts in the early callus.
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Methods of assessing new bone formation during limb lengthening. Ultrasonography, dual energy X-ray absorptiometry and radiography compared
KS Eyres,MJ Bell,J. A. Kanis +2 more
TL;DR: The quantity and rate of formation of new bone during lengthening of 17 limb segments in 10 patients using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA), ultrasonography and radiography was studied.
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Nondisplaced fractures of the greater tuberosity of the humerus: sonographic detection.
TL;DR: It is concluded that, in evaluation of soft tissues in shoulder trauma, sonography may define rotator cuff abnormalities and occasionally help in detection of occult humeral fractures.
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X-ray diagnosis of healing fractures in rabbits.
TL;DR: The results imply that a physician, whether an orthopedist or radiologist, is not very reliable at determining early osseous union.