Improved Fracture Healing in Patients with Concomitant Traumatic Brain Injury: Proven or Not?

• Main Authors: Martijn Hofman (Author), Guido Koopmans (Author), Philipp Kobbe (Author), Martijn Poeze (Author), Hagen Andruszkow (Author), Peter R. G. Brink (Author), Hans-Christoph Pape (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Over the last 3 decades, scientific evidence advocates an association between traumatic brain injury (TBI) and accelerated fracture healing. Multiple clinical and preclinical studies have shown an enhanced callus formation and an increased callus volume in patients, respectively, rats with concomita...