In patients who have sustained traumatic brain injury with associated extremity fracture,there is often a clinical perception that the rate of new bone formation around the fracture site increases.An overgrowth of cal...In patients who have sustained traumatic brain injury with associated extremity fracture,there is often a clinical perception that the rate of new bone formation around the fracture site increases.An overgrowth of callus is observed and ectopic ossification even occurs in the muscle,but the mechanism remains unclear.Whether this rapidly-formed new bone is fracture callus or a variant of heterotopic ossification,a common complication of traumatic展开更多
文摘In patients who have sustained traumatic brain injury with associated extremity fracture,there is often a clinical perception that the rate of new bone formation around the fracture site increases.An overgrowth of callus is observed and ectopic ossification even occurs in the muscle,but the mechanism remains unclear.Whether this rapidly-formed new bone is fracture callus or a variant of heterotopic ossification,a common complication of traumatic
