Advances in clinical assessment of bone healing
10.3760/cma.j.cn115530-20210221-00088
- VernacularTitle:临床骨愈合评估方法研究进展
- Author:
Haoyu ZHAO
1
;
Lingchi KONG
;
Kai YANG
;
Jia XU
;
Qinglin KANG
Author Information
1. 上海交通大学附属第六人民医院骨科 200233
- Keywords:
Fracture healing;
Radiographic image interpretation, computer-assisted;
Evaluation studies;
Clinical manifestations
- From:
Chinese Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma
2021;23(11):1003-1007
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
The process of bone healing is absolutely complicated and affected by a wide variety of factors. The quality of bone healing directly determines management approaches. Therefore, it is crucial to evaluate accurately outcomes of bone healing. The assessments of bone healing mostly used in current clinical practice are a combination of clinical manifestations and X-ray examination while computed tomography (CT) and ultrasound may be applied alternatively for particular parts and populations. As understanding of bone healing process and bone biomechanical structure is deepening in recent years, both traditional and novel assessments of bone healing have been well refined. This review will expound on the advantages, disadvantages and clinical indications of various assessments, as well as their future development trends, to provide useful information for clinicians.
