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The
The
AO teaching
AO teaching
concerning fracture healing diided
concerning fracture healing diided
into :
into :
1. Inflammatory
1. Inflammatory
2. Soft Callus
2. Soft Callus
3. Hard Callus
3. Hard Callus
. Remodelling
. Remodelling
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!ematoma formation
!ematoma formation
&ibrocartilaginous
&ibrocartilaginous
callus forms
callus forms
)ranulation tissue
)ranulation tissue
"soft callus# forms
"soft callus# forms
a fe% days after
a fe% days after
the fracture
the fracture
*apillaries gro%
*apillaries gro%
into the tissue and
into the tissue and
phagocytic cells
phagocytic cells
begin cleaning
begin cleaning
debris
debris
&igure '(14(2
2 Fibrocartilaginous
callus formation
External
callus
New
blood
vessels
Spongy
bone
trabeculae
Internal
callus
(fibrous
tissue and
cartilage
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&ibrocartilaginous callus
&ibrocartilaginous callus
conerts into a bony "hard#
conerts into a bony "hard#
callus
callus
+one remodeling
+one remodeling
01cess material on
01cess material on
the bone shaft e1terior
the bone shaft e1terior
and in the medullary
and in the medullary
canal is remoed
canal is remoed