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Bone Repair

Healing fracture

Healing fracture

This figure depicts a radiograph of a child's healing supracondylar humeral fracture that has been treated with closed reduction and pinning. This image, taken three weeks post injury, demonstrates the benign periosteal reaction of normal healing bone.

This is a radiographic image (x-ray) of a child's healing supracondylar humeral fracture that has been treated with closed reduction and pinning. This image, taken three weeks post injury, demonstrates the benign periosteal reaction of normal healing bone.

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