title: [Clinical observation of phenytoin in promoting fracture healing].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To observe the promoting effect of phenytoin on fracture healing.
  
  
  METHODS
  Fourty cases with close fractures of tibia and fibula were included and divided into two groups randomly: the experimental group was administrated with phenytoin and Chinese traditional drug-Jiegudan orally, while the control group was given Jiegudan only. Longitudinal percussion pain, clinical healing time of fracture, growth of calus in X-ray film were detected to evaluate the clinical result.
  
  
  RESULTS
  All the fractures were healed in 3 months. But the experimental group was superior to the control group in all indexes.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Administration of phenytoin orally can markedly promote fracture healing.
authors.affiliation: Chengdu First Orthopedic Hospital, Chengdu, Sichuan, P. R. China 610031.
authors.forename: L L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Shen
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005360:Fibula / Q000293:injuries*; D017102:Fracture Healing / Q000187:drug effects*; D005596:Fractures, Closed / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010672:Phenytoin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D013978:Tibial Fractures / Q000188:drug therapy*
chemical_list: D010672:Phenytoin