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    FRACTURE

    Complications
    While bone fractures typically heal well with appropriate treatment, there can
    be complications, such as:

     Bone heals in the wrong position: A fracture may heal in the wrong
    position, or the bones may shift during the healing process.
     Disruption of bone growth: If a childhood bone fracture becomes
    disrupted during healing, this may affect the typical development of that
    bone. This can raise the risk of future deformity in the bone.
     Bone or bone marrow infection: In a compound fracture, bacteria can
    enter through a break in the skin and infect the bone or bone marrow.
    This can become a persistent infection.
     Bone death (avascular necrosis): If the bone loses its essential
    supply of blood, it may die.

    Delayed unions and non-unions

    Non-unions are fractures that fail to heal, while delayed unions are those that
    take longer to heal.

    Treatments for non-unions and delayed unions include:

     Ultrasound therapy: A medical professional will apply low


    intensity ultrasound to the affected area. This may help fractures heal.
     Bone graft: If the fracture does not heal, a surgeon will transplant a
    natural or synthetic bone to stimulate the broken bone.
     Stem cell therapy: Stem cell-derived therapies may assistTrusted
    Source in the healing of bone fractures.

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