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A 37-year-old male patient developed pseudoarthrosis after a closed fracture of the femur. Specify the type of regeneration in the patient:

Answer options

  1. -
  2. Reparative
  3. Physiological
  4. Pathological hypo-regeneration
  5. Pathological hyper-regeneration
Correct answer

Pathological hypo-regeneration

Explanation

In pseudo-arthrosis, the body perceives bone fragments as separate bones and does not attempt to unite them, so the bone would not regenerate. It will make sense to go with "Pathological hypo-regeneration".

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