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Bone healing is a continual process that is initiated at the time of the initial injury or fracture and is completed with the establishment of mature lamellar bone and repopulation of the bone marrow.
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Osman, K., Gabr, A., Haddad, F.S. (2019). Bone Healing. In: Paschos, N., Bentley, G. (eds) General Orthopaedics and Basic Science. Orthopaedic Study Guide Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-92193-8_14
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