General Principles

ABSTRACT

This article outlines basic bone structure and physiology, reviews the fundamental concepts of bone injury, briefly correlates bone edema patterns with mechanism of injury, and finally reviews magnetic resonance imaging during fracture healing.

KEYWORDS

Physiology - structure - fracture classification

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