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Ever lost something really important?
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this post was submitted on 27 Apr 2025
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Not actually that rare to see. Reabsorption of bone is fairly common place in non unionized fractures that don't end up getting good blood flow. Osteoclasts will breakdown the bone fragments that don't unionize, especially if the bone isn't really responsible for weight bearing.
The only thing thats fake about this is a group of doctors being mystified by any of it.
Sounds more like a teaching opportunity, which was interpreted as an 'ah, they have no idea what is going on' moment.
Maybe? But again, reabsorption is so commonplace that it's not particularly a significant teaching opportunity. I
f we're assuming that what this person claimed is true, the only real educational thing about this is how important it is to stick to the prescribed follow up care. This more than likely would have been caught during follow up imaging post reconstruction.