title: [Computed tomographic studies of fracture healing].
abstract: The CT appearances of healing fractures were studied following tibial osteotomy in a dog. Traditional radiological investigations and CT were carried out until healing was complete; CT showed callus on the ninth day, whereas radiographs only showed it after 19 days. After 32 days, callus filled nearly the entire medullary cavity. Similar observations were made in several human situations. CT demonstrates interposed material in the fracture very clearly, even if there is marked callus formation within the fracture.
authors.affiliation: Chirurgische Universitätsklinik, Universität Bonn-Venusberg.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Nutz
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: von Uexküll-Güldenband
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D004285:Dogs; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014945:Wound Healing
vernacular_title: Computertomographische Untersuchungen der Frakturheilung.