Changes in the Hydrogen Ion Concentration of Healing Fractures
- 1 February 1946
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Frontiers Media SA in Experimental Biology and Medicine
- Vol. 61 (2) , 151-154
- https://doi.org/10.3181/00379727-61-15256
Abstract
A study of pH changes in fracture hematomas with dogs was made. The hematomas were aspirated at 48 hr. intervals for 7-15 days and pH detns. made with micro glass electrode. It was found that within 30 hrs. the fluid was less alkaline than venous blood, with a low reading of 6.9. Gradually the fluid became more alkaline, with a high reading of 7.6 in 9 days. Calcification could be demonstrated in most fractures when the fluid became alkaline.Keywords
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