[Doctor, is my fracture solid?].
The adequate treatment of fractures consists of a conservative or surgical approach whose goal is to assure a rapid solidity of the fracture site that will lead to a durable complete healing without complications. Fracture healing criteria remain controversial. In this article we are trying to present the tools used in the evaluation of bone consolidation and propose therapeutical guidelines aiming at the return to daily activities in full security.
Christofilopoulos
Panayiotis
P
Service de chirurgie orthopédique et traumatologie de l'appareil moteur HUG, 1211 Genève 14. panayiotis.christofilopoulos@hcuge.ch
Unno-Veith
Florence
F
Peter
Robin
R
D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal; D017102:Fracture Healing; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans