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General Category => Functional Surgery Questions => Topic started by: swansatcoole on November 23, 2015, 06:16:24 PM

Title: Healing of the bone?
Post by: swansatcoole on November 23, 2015, 06:16:24 PM
How do you know if the bone is fusing after osteotomy? Can an X-ray show that? Or do you need a CT scan for that to show?
Title: Re: Healing of the bone?
Post by: molestrip on November 24, 2015, 09:09:46 AM
Both could show it. CT would be better though.
Title: Re: Healing of the bone?
Post by: Optimistic on November 27, 2015, 11:03:39 PM
Quote from: swansatcoole on November 23, 2015, 06:16:24 PM
How do you know if the bone is fusing after osteotomy? Can an X-ray show that? Or do you need a CT scan for that to show?

What molestrip said, both will show. However, if I recall correctly the bone itself fuses very quickly (like within a week or two). After that it's remodelling for quite some time to come.