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  2. Bone healing - Wikipedia

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    After bone fracture, blood cells accumulate adjacent to the injury site. Soon after fracture, blood vessels constrict, stopping further bleeding. Within a few hours, the extravascular blood cells form a clot called a hematoma [ 5 ] that acts as a template for callus formation.

  3. Hip fracture - Wikipedia

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    A hip fracture is a break that occurs in the upper part of the femur (thigh bone), at the femoral neck or (rarely) the femoral head. [2] Symptoms may include pain around the hip, particularly with movement, and shortening of the leg. [2] Usually the person cannot walk. [3] A hip fracture is usually a femoral neck fracture.

  4. Femoral fracture - Wikipedia

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    A femoral fracture is a bone fracture that involves the femur. They are typically sustained in high-impact trauma, such as car crashes , due to the large amount of force needed to break the bone. Fractures of the diaphysis , or middle of the femur, are managed differently from those at the head, neck, and trochanter ; those are conventionally ...

  5. Kathie Lee Gifford Gives Health Update After Pelvis Fracture ...

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    On the mend and getting better by the day! Kathie Lee Gifford is home and doing well after spending a week in the hospital for a fractured pelvis.The TV personality, 70, spoke with ET's Rachel ...

  6. Bone grafting - Wikipedia

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    Bone grafting is a surgical procedure that replaces missing bone in order to repair bone fractures that are extremely complex, pose a significant health risk to the patient, or fail to heal properly. Some small or acute fractures can be cured without bone grafting, but the risk is greater for large fractures like compound fractures.

  7. Kathie Lee Gifford reveals she was hospitalized with ... - AOL

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    Kathie Lee Gifford is recovering after falling and suffering a fractured pelvis. The former "TODAY" show co-host told People that she was hospitalized for over a week after she fell. She said that ...

  8. Orthopedic cast - Wikipedia

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    A hip spica cast, by contrast, is used to immobilize the trunk and one or more legs. Variants include the single hip spica, which covers the trunk and one leg down to the ankle or foot; the double hip spica, which covers the trunk and both legs; and the one-and-a-half hip spica, which encases one leg fully and the other only to above the knee.

  9. Kathie Lee Gifford Hospitalized With Fractured Pelvis Amid ...

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    Kathie Lee Gifford was hospitalized with a fractured pelvis while recovering from recent hip replacement surgery. Gifford, 70, told People in an interview published on Tuesday, July 30, that she ...