Ultrasound criteria of the phases of reparative process in lower extremities bone fractures
A Bondarenko, A Bondarenko, A Kolomiets · Ultraschall in der Medizin - European Journal of Ultrasound · 2013 · Heft 10
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Zusammenfassung
Purpose: Recovery of the functioning after limb fracture is closely related to the course characteristics of the reparative process, in which three phases could be identified. Period of recovery after osteosynthesis is conventionally divided into three stages. The stage, corresponding to the phase 1 is called guarding, phase 2 – transitional, phase 3 – training. However, there are no clear clinical criteria for the transition from one phase to another. Given that during the reparative process the leading role is played by vascular responses, we decided to study the arterial and venous hemodynamics in patients wi…