TRAU6001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Osteoporosis, Rib Fracture, Fibroblast

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The causes of bone fractures: a fracture is a break in bone or cartilage as a result of heavy trauma, could be a result of bone disease, this will lead to weakening. E. g. osteoporosis, tumour, metastasis (spread of cancer) etc: predisposing factors, age, health, occupation, which bone, nature of impact. Skull fracture, spinal fracture, rib fracture etc: factures can also be classified by their trauma event that caused the bone breakage, boxer(cid:495)s fracture: The process of bone repair and types of fracture healing. Main principle: reduction bringing fragments into original anatomical position, fixation finding a way to fix the bone, bone healing: primary or secondary bone healing. Bone healing: primary, no movement between bone ends as they are held compressed close together, micro gap <1mm, secondary, fibrous/scar tissue develops in response to injury and movement, gap > 1mm, callus formation. I. e. transverse lamellae are replaced by axially orientated osteons.

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