Fracture healing: mechanisms and interventions

@article{Einhorn2015FractureHM,
  title={Fracture healing: mechanisms and interventions},
  author={Thomas A. Einhorn and Louis Charles Gerstenfeld},
  journal={Nature Reviews Rheumatology},
  year={2015},
  volume={11},
  pages={45-54}
}

• Thomas A. Einhorn, Louis Charles Gerstenfeld
• Published in Nature Reviews Rheumatology 2015
• DOI:10.1038/nrrheum.2014.164

Fractures are the most common large-organ, traumatic injuries to humans. The repair of bone fractures is a postnatal regenerative process that recapitulates many of the ontological events of embryonic skeletal development. Although fracture repair usually restores the damaged skeletal organ to its pre-injury cellular composition, structure and biomechanical function, about 10% of fractures will not heal normally. This article reviews the developmental progression of fracture healing at the… CONTINUE READING

Save to Library

Create Alert

Cite

View on Nature