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Fracture healing ultimately constitutes the solution of a mechanical problem of construction. Starting from the cells, the complicated building of the bony bridge between the fragments proceeds. Hereby, the bone recovers its bearing capacity. But the bony bridge cannot be formed directly from the cells. As a rule, a connective and cartilaginous binding occurs first. This roughly characterizes the peculiar way of building. Up to now, we did not know the meaning of the connective and cartilaginous stage of the callus. We knew neither the biological bases which require the detour in building the bony callus nor the principle of construction which is applied in the healing process. In other words, the biomechanics of fracture healing is not yet clarified. Here lies a huge field for further research.
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Pauwels, F. (1980). Biomechanics of Fracture Healing. In: Biomechanics of the Locomotor Apparatus. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-67138-8_2
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