A small effect of weight bearing in promoting fracture healing

C. C. Wu; C. H. Shih

doi:10.1007/BF00431040

A small effect of weight bearing in promoting fracture healing

C. C. Wu^*, C. H. Shih

^*Corresponding author for this work

Chang Gung Memorial Hospital

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Abstract

We treated 66 consecutive type IV comminuted femoral shaft fractures with static Grosse-Kempf interlocking nails and followed them up for at least 1 year (median 27 months). Although the effect of weight bearing was completely lost, 60 fractures healed primarily without dynamization. We conclude that weight bearing contributes only an auxiliary role in promoting fracture healing, and that the most decisive role is adequate mechanical stability with sufficient nutrition.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	28-32
Number of pages	5
Journal	Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery
Volume	112
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00431040
State	Published - 12 1992
Externally published	Yes

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