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Does traumatic brain injury result in accelerated fracture healing?
John Morley1, Sarah Marsh, Emmanuil Drakoulakis
1Department of Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery, St. James's University Hospital, University of Leeds, Beckett Street, Leeds LS9 7TF, UK.
Abstract:
In patients who have sustained a traumatic brain injury with an associated extremity fracture there is often a clinical perception that the rate of new bone formation around the fracture site is increased. Whether this rapidly forming new bone is fracture callus or a variant of heterotopic ossification, a common complication of traumatic brain injury, is the subject of some debate. This review will provide a comprehensive analysis on this topic and will discuss clinical and physiological evidence as well as potential areas for future research in this field.
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