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ReviewJournal of orthopaedic translation2025

Accelerated fracture healing accompanied with traumatic brain injury: A review of clinical studies, animal models and potential mechanisms.

Zheyu Jin, Ziyi Chen, Tongzhou Liang, Weiyang Liu, Zhengming Shan, Dianhui Tan, Jiechen Chen, Jun Hu, Ling Qin, Jiankun Xu

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Review in Journal of orthopaedic translation, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. Relationship between serum β-catenin mRNA expression and femoral fracture healing after head trauma: an experimental rat study.Ulusal travma ve acil cerrahi dergisi = Turkish journal of trauma & emergency surgery : TJTES · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Zheyu JinMusculoskeletal Research Laboratory of Department of Orthopaedics & Traumatology and Innovative Orthopaedic Biomaterial & Drug Translational Research Laboratory, Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
Ziyi ChenMusculoskeletal Research Laboratory of Department of Orthopaedics & Traumatology and Innovative Orthopaedic Biomaterial & Drug Translational Research Laboratory, Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
Tongzhou LiangMusculoskeletal Research Laboratory of Department of Orthopaedics & Traumatology and Innovative Orthopaedic Biomaterial & Drug Translational Research Laboratory, Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
Weiyang LiuMusculoskeletal Research Laboratory of Department of Orthopaedics & Traumatology and Innovative Orthopaedic Biomaterial & Drug Translational Research Laboratory, Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
Zhengming ShanMusculoskeletal Research Laboratory of Department of Orthopaedics & Traumatology and Innovative Orthopaedic Biomaterial & Drug Translational Research Laboratory, Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
Dianhui TanDepartment of Neurosurgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, China.
Jiechen ChenDepartment of Orthopaedics, the First Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, China.
Jun HuDepartment of Orthopaedics, the First Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, China.
Ling QinMusculoskeletal Research Laboratory of Department of Orthopaedics & Traumatology and Innovative Orthopaedic Biomaterial & Drug Translational Research Laboratory, Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
Jiankun XuMusculoskeletal Research Laboratory of Department of Orthopaedics & Traumatology and Innovative Orthopaedic Biomaterial & Drug Translational Research Laboratory, Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The orthopaedic community frequently encounters polytrauma individuals with concomitant traumatic brain injury (TBI) and their fractures demonstrate accelerated fracture union, but the mechanisms remain far from clear. Animal and clinical studies demonstrate robust callus formation at the early healing process and expedited radiographical union. In humans, robust callus formation in TBI occurs independently of fracture fixation methods across multiple fracture sites. Animal studies of TBI replicate clinically relevant enlarged fracture callus as characterized by increased tissue volume and bone volume at the early stages. However, refinement and standardization of the TBI models requires further research. The quest for its underlying mechanisms began with the finding of increased osteogenesis

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Accelerated fracture healingFracture callusTraumatic brain injury

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PMID39868349
PMCPMC11763218

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