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A fracture is the bony manifestation of an injury to part of the body, usually a limb, and is necessarily associated with a soft tissue injury. The severity of the overall injury may bear little relation to, for example, the radiographic appearance of the fracture itself. The degree of disruption of the soft tissues affects the degree of interference with the blood supply of the injured area, and this is influenced by such factors as the velocity of injury.
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Hughes, S.P.F., Mccarthy, I.D., Brown, M.F. (1993). The Role of the Vasculature in Fracture Healing. In: Schoutens, A., Arlet, J., Gardeniers, J.W.M., Hughes, S.P.F. (eds) Bone Circulation and Vascularization in Normal and Pathological Conditions. NATO ASI Series, vol 247. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-2838-8_14
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