title: Why do fractures of long bones heal faster in patients with coexisting brain injury?
abstract: Healing of fractured long bones is faster in patients with coexisting brain injury. This phenomenon has been observed for many years but it is not clearly explained. So far it has not been settled if the problem has its origin in Central Nervous System or represents systemic response on a severe trauma. The following article presents the literature review concerning this issue.
authors.affiliation: Klinika Chirurgii Urazowej, Leczenia Oparzeń i Chirurgii Plastycznej, Akademia Medyczna im. Karola Marcinkowskiego, Poznań
authors.forename: Bartosz
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Mańkowski
authors.forename: Krzysztof
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Słowiński