"Bone Healing During IM Lengthening: Clarity!"
Is that bone fully healed? Can the patient get up and walk around safely? Researchers from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York, who presented their results at the 2017 meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, set out to lessen the subjectivity of bone healing during lengthening. “The aim of this study was to try to identify an objective means of assessing bone healing, regardless of surgeon experience,” said Ettore Vulcano, MD, an assistant professor of orthopaedics at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. “We were surprised to find an actual cut-off number that corresponds to good bone healing. Further analysis of the bone density measured with standard X-rays, demonstrated that the bone regenerate continues to mature and to get stronger even one year after surgery.” Learn more.
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