Greetings Trevor,
At 14:10 22.07.98 EDT, you wrote:
>I wonder if the fixation acts rather like the re-inforcement in re-inforced
>concrete i.e. it makes the structure more rigid. Removal of the fixation
>allows the bone to be relatively more mobile/elastic (or whatever the verb
>should be), hence less pain.
Very possible. Over time osteoclastic activity loosens osseous contact
with the screws and Kirschner wires so I wonder how much increased bone
rigidity would actually result from isolated hareware. Small amounts of
motion at the interface resulting from bone flexion may be a physical
irritant.
Interesting, but difficult to study.
Regards,
Andrew.
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