Stages of bone healing

Question 1

Stage 1 (formed in 24hrs)

Answer 1

Hematoma

Question 2

What is stage 2 of bone healing?

Answer 2

Soft callus (3-4 weeks)

Question 3

what is stage 3 of bone healing?

Answer 3

hard callus (4-8 weeks)

Question 4

Stage 4 of bone healing?

Answer 4

remodelling of the callus (6-12 months)

Question 5

What are the 3 main types of bone healing

Answer 5

• simple/closed (bone is snapped)
• open/compound (fracture pieced through skin)
• green stick fracture (occurs in adults)

Question 6

What is the Dancers fracture?

Answer 6

Twisting of the 5th metatarsal