Fracture Healing

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  • Fracture Healing:
    1. Inflammation (lasts 1 to 2 weeks)
    2. haematoma forms within 6 to 8 hours
    3. increase in fibroblasts and chondroblasts
    4. soft callus formation
    5. Reparative stage (from 2 to 5 weeks)
    6. soft callus turns into hard callus
    7. osteoprgenerative cells are placed
    8. woven bone is formed
    9. remodelling (lasts several months to years)
    10. formation of compact cortical bone