Changes in bone-mass after tibial shaft fracture
- 1 January 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Medical Journals Sweden AB in Acta Orthopaedica
- Vol. 58 (4) , 369-371
- https://doi.org/10.3109/17453678709146357
Abstract
We studied 20 patients who had suffered tibial shaft fractures 30 months previously. The bone-mineral content in diaphyseal and metaphyseal bone of the femur and tibia was determined by photon absorptiometry. There was a moderate, but significant, deficit of bone-mineral in metaphyseal bone at the knee and distal tibia. This loss was, however, far smaller than that previously reported. Persisting bone-mineral changes in diaphyseal bone were insignificant except in the fracture area where there was a 28 per cent increase. This may indicate that bone may, under some circumstances, locally increase in strength after remodelling of the fracture.This publication has 7 references indexed in Scilit:
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