Exam questionKROK 1Medicine ยท 2014
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
- -
- Reparative
- Physiological
- Pathological hypo-regeneration
- 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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