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Is it difficult to heal a fracture when you are 70 years old?
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Slower healing: Young patients heal rapidly and have a remarkable ability to remodel and correct angulation deformities. These abilities decrease once skeletal maturity is reached. Sometimes healing of fracture takes longer because of osteoporosis with aging and estrogen deficiency in women.
Answered 5/18/2013
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