title: Comment on 'Basic concepts regarding fractures healing and the current options and future directions in managing bone fractures'.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Hand Surgery and Laboratory for Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, University Hospital of Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nürnberg FAU, Erlangen, Germany. annika.weigand@uk-erlangen.de.
authors.forename: Annika
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Weigand
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Hand Surgery and Laboratory for Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, University Hospital of Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nürnberg FAU, Erlangen, Germany.
authors.forename: Raymund E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Horch
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Hand Surgery and Laboratory for Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, University Hospital of Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nürnberg FAU, Erlangen, Germany.
authors.forename: Justus P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Beier
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Hand Surgery and Laboratory for Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, University Hospital of Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nürnberg FAU, Erlangen, Germany.
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Arkudas
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Hand Surgery and Laboratory for Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, University Hospital of Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nürnberg FAU, Erlangen, Germany.
authors.forename: Anja M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Boos
mesh_terms: D017102:Fracture Healing; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D019637:Orthopedic Procedures / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic