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Infrared thermography in traumatology

Infrared thermography in traumatology and bone fracture healing until now has not been described. Infrared thermography is occasionally applied in oncologic and neurologic patients. The basic principle is that because of metabolism increase and increase in blood flow around the fracture the temperature of surrounding tissue is increasing. In fibrous formation phase in bone fractures and during migration to osteoblastic activity blood flow around fracture site should increase during callus formation. Therefore, authors wanted to prove whether infrared thermography could detect temperature increase during osteogenic callus formation. We have examined 20 patients with fractures of distal radius in typical place, and performed thermographic recording on the 7th day after fracture, 21st day after fracture and after the treatment with conservative immobilization had finished. We used the other healthy hand as comparison. All patients have also made an x-ray examination on the same days when thermographic recordings were made. According to our preliminary findings on 20 patients we have found statistically significant temperature changes during different stages of bone healing.

infrared thermography ; traumatology

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